Despite some recent controversy regarding the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo’s continued expropriation of downtown properties for the purpose of constructing a sports and entertainment complex, the representatives go before council again Tuesday evening, seeking permission to take control of two more downtown properties.
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The 2013 Memorial Cup was supposed to be both a foundational event in Red Deer’s centennial celebrations and a fitting way to christen an expanded Enmax Centrium.
That will not happen, with Saskatoon having been awarded the hockey championship, but with the additions to the rink unveiled on Thursday, the hope is that a future Memorial Cup will be just one of many major events that come to town.
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There’s no money for pro sports arenas in the federal government’s budget, but part of the downtown arena district could see a federal boost in funding, says Edmonton-Spruce Grove MP Rona Ambrose.
“What we do have allocated, which I think is good news for the Edmonton downtown arena rejuvenation project is a community improvement, that’s specifically there to fund recreational facilities,” she said.
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EDMONTON – There is a strange dance going on between the province and the City of Edmonton over funding of the proposed $480-million downtown arena.
There is no provincial money to help pay for the arena, provincial politicians keep saying.
Oh, yes there is, city politicians keep replying.
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Medicine Hat’s dream of a regional event centre may not yet be realized, but the southeast Alberta city now has an agreement in place for locating an event centre/arena in Box Springs Business Park (BSBP) on the north side of the city.
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Construction is expected to start this summer on a new downtown Edmonton arena following Edmonton city council’s approval of an agreement between the city and the Katz Group, which owns the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.
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EDMONTON – Newton Community League president Ryan Catena hadn’t heard the scraping of skates along the neighbourhood’s outdoor ice rink for two years.
On Monday, that silence was replaced with laughter and the swish of snow pants as Catena and about 50 other residents celebrated the grand reopening of the community’s beloved recreation spot with a twirl around the new frozen oval.
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Edmonton’s pact for a new NHL arena has a Calgary alderman and an iconic sports booster voicing frustration over the lack of any plan for a similar facility in the city.
But another alderman, Gord Lowe, said he and most of city council have no interest in diverting scarce capital dollars into a rink that would rival Edmonton’s planned $480 million arena that’s being funded by $140 million of that city’s money.
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EDMONTON – City council voted 10-3 Wednesday to approve a revised deal that will pave the way for construction of a downtown arena.
City manager Simon Farbrother said he worked out details of a summary agreement with the Katz Group this week that’s 95 per cent similar to a framework accepted by the city in October 2011.
The major change is cost. The city faces a $15-million increase in what it will pay, mainly because the two sides will split the increase in the cost of the 18,559-seat facility, now at $480 million, up from $450 million.
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EDMONTON – A done arena deal? Sounds too good to be true, especially after years of angry debate, high-stakes deal-making and bungled negotiations.
But that’s where we appear to be heading.
The other night, shortly after Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel hammered out a new tentative deal on Edmonton’s downtown arena with Oilers owner Daryl Katz and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Mandel met up with his colleague, Coun. Ed Gibbons.
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