still has many residents torn on the matter, but an expert on sports venues says the city could make some money.
“And then they watched real estate development over the years. The one that’s the most successful is the arena district.” “It will have sports. It won’t have the NHL, but there’s things from lacrosse. People buy sports because it is fun, exciting and competitive, and as long as you have competitive sport, it fills part of the calendar.”play 41 games a year, and if they make the playoffs you get another couple weeks of activity. To make an arena successful, you’ve got to have 150 events.”He said every arena faces the challenge of filling those extra days of events.