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Good news on the arena front

In a summer that has been short on news in general, it was nice to hear some positive words about Nationwide Arena from Columbus Blue Jackets President Mike Priest last night. The Blue Jackets lease the arena from Nationwide Insurance, which privately funded the construction of the approximately $106 million facility after voters stuck down [...]

July 15th, 2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Tardy — But With A Note . . .

OK, so I have not lived up to my targeted publication dates for the Arena discussion pieces. Guilty . . .with an explanation. In the course of my researching, I have run across some additional sources of information that have taken some time to track down, but which are important to fleshing out the full [...]

June 11th, 2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
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The Arena Manifesto — Prologue

I have now completed my discussions with Greg Kirstein, Sr.Vice President and General Counsel for the Blue Jackets, reviewed data furnished by both Greg and VP of Public Relations Todd Sharrock, and have done some independent review of data, assembled my thoughts, and now tackle the task of putting some perspective and context on the [...]

June 6th, 2009 | | 4 comments | Continued