A plan to finally settle the finances and ownership of Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), is finally ready for public consumption and will be unveiled at tonight’s City Council meeting. Ownership of the arena would go from Nationwide to the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, which is paying $42.5 million in […]
Tag Archives | franklin county
Ohio State: No reason for public release of arena-management details
Here’s one way to keep promoters from negotiating a better deal in the Columbus arena market: Ohio State, which now books both Nationwide Arena and the Schottenstein Center, refuses to make public the details of its management deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL). The background: The Blue Jackets are losing he team rents the […]
Arena solutions emerging in Columbus
A game plan for the future of troubled Nationwide Arena is slowly coming together, with Ohio State University looking at booking events and Franklin County buying the downtown Columbus facility. The current financial situation, according to Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) officials, is not sustainable: the team rents the arena for $5 million, pays SMG for […]
