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Article: FINAL ALTERNATIVES MEAN BUILDING ON A NEW SITE
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2008
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OPTION THREE
A new arena (10,000 seats)
This option is estimated to cost $93 million.
Tom Chema of The Gateway Group said approximately 5 acres to 5.6
acres would be needed to build a new arena, assuming that there is
no surface parking added around it.
Several Roberts Stadium Advisory Board members have publicly
endorsed this option - specifically building Downtown.
Chema has said that would allow the city to take advantage of
several funding options not available at other sites.
Building a new arena Downtown would:
* Allow the city to get up to $14 million for naming rights.
Although the figure is not location dependent, Chema said naming
rights for a Downtown arena would be the most ...