The return of pro hockey to central Florida in the form of the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears was a success, but sustainability means more growth and perhaps a run in the playoffs. (more…)
Archive | 2013
Fort Wayne: Naming rights for War Memorial Coliseum?
Allen County is considering a sale of naming rights to War Memorial Coliseum, home of the Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL) and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (D-League). (more…)
NYC to Madison Square Garden: You have a decade to find a new home
The problem with not owning the land under your home: New York City has given the owners of Madison Square Garden a decade to find a new home if a new Penn Station is built. (more…)
Phoenix Coyotes sale could be resolved next week
The fate of the Phoenix Coyotes sale should be resolved next week, as the NHL has set July 2 as a drop-dead date to make a deal and a potential owner pitching a $15-million annual subsidy to run the arena. (more…)
New for 2013-2014: Utica Comets
The old Comets are back, as local owners have purchased the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen and are relocating the team to Utica Memorial Auditorium. (more…)
The numbers add up: KC’s Sprint Center doing just fine
Though there are no NBA or NHL teams playing in Sprint Center, the arena is doing just fine by one important measure: it’s generating economic activity in downtown Kansas City. (more…)
Detroit officials pitch new Red Wings arena
A new Red Wings arena would anchor a 45-block retail/housing/entertainment development in downtown Detroit under a plan already approved by the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. (more…)
MGM, AEG announce new Las Vegas arena
After years and years of talk, we have movement on a new Las Vegas arena, with AEG and MGM Resorts International finalizing plans for a new Populous-designed project between New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts. (more…)
New for 2013: Canadian Tire Centre
The home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators has a new name — Canadian Tire Centre — as Canadian Tire Co. Ltd. has purchased naming rights for the former Scotiabank Place. (more…)
NBA approves Kings sale to Sacramento group
The effort to bring the Sacramento Kings to a new Seattle arena hit the wall after the NBA approved the sale of the team to a group working to keep the team in California. (more…)
Stern: Sacramento, Seattle offers for Kings the same
NBA Commissioner David Stern has termed competing offers for the Sacramento Kings to be roughly the same, despite objections from the Maloof family a Sacramento bid is worth far less than an already-accepted Seattle deal. (more…)
New for 2013: Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
St. Cloud State University officials decided not to pursue a commercial naming-rights deal and instead went with a sentimental choice for an arena name change: Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. (more…)
