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Click the links below to see what other media have said about the
Arena, its legacy, and its future in Pittsburgh.
Here's
another opinion from one of our Board of Directors.
Slots
Revenue Would Help Fund New 'Igloo'
ThePittsburghChannel.com
- June 24, 2003
The Penguins plan to fund their share of a new $278 million arena
with expected revenue from a proposed horse racetrack and slot
machine gaming facility in Harmar, WTAE's Paul Van Osdol reported
Tuesday...
Rendell:
No State Cash For Arena Without Local Money
ThePittsburghChannel.com
- June 10, 2003
The Penguins shouldn't expect the state to help pay
for a new arena if city and county politicians don't make the
project a priority
and the team doesn't offer up its own money, Gov. Ed Rendell said...
Editorial: Ice capade / Now is not the time to force the arena
issue
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 09, 2003
Mario Lemieux, who
rescued the Pittsburgh Penguins more times than we can count, is
not going to pull off a save under
these conditions.
Not during a sagging economy.
Not when the city and state are hurting.
Not in a county election
year...
Frustrated
Mario To Consider 'All Options'
ThePittsburghChannel.com -June 05, 2003
Penguins owner Mario Lemieux
is expressing pessimism about the team's future in the city if it
can't secure financial backing
for a new $270 million arena...
Mellon Arena's chances slim for landmark status
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - February 20, 2003
The nomination of Mellon Arena as a historic structure appears
to be a dead duck. The city's Historic Review Commission and planning
commission have recommended against it, meaning that City Council
will need
a "supermajority" of at least six votes to approve a
historic designation for the 42-year-old silver domed arena in
the Lower Hill District. With one council seat vacant, there are
only eight members eligible to vote...
Editorial: First draft / The bid for a new arena needs to be reworked
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 05, 2002
In a perfect world, Pittsburgh would be able to replace
an aging public arena, build a facility that would strengthen the
Penguins
hockey team and clear the Mellon Arena site for a new residential
neighborhood that would enliven Downtown...
Bringing Down the House
Pittsburgh Pulp - August 1, 2002
Nineteen fifty-five was the last year the Duquesne Gardens in Oakland
hosted Pittsburgh's professional hockey, basketball, boxing and ice
shows. The Gardens had been the largest and most popular venue for
these indoor events, though it had not been built for the purpose.
It had been converted from an old streetcar barn and had served the
public as an entertainment facility for over 50 years...
Pittsburghers
have big ideas for the Igloo
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review July 28, 2002
Could Mellon Arena be converted into a giant fish bowl,
or the world's largest Jell-O mold, as some Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
readers suggest? We're
not certain City Council would approve. Regardless, it's a good time
to consider creative ways to re-use Mellon Arena, now that the Pittsburgh
Penguins might receive a new home...
Panel considers Mellon Arena historic status
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 11, 2002
The move to designate Mellon Arena as a city historic
structure drew strong support yesterday from preservationists and
architects,
but thunderous opposition from city Councilman Sala Udin. Leaders
of Preservation Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks
Foundation, former Allegheny County Commissioner Bob Cranmer, architects
William Sippel and James Kling from the firm that designed the
arena in the 1950s, and other backers urged the Historic Review
Commission to recommend historic status for the silver-domed building,
formerly known as the Civic Arena...
Finder on the Web: Put down the tin cup, Lemieux, and pony up for
arena
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 02, 2002
The clock for a new arena is ticking. One month left, as of Monday.
Local governmental officials and the Penguins agreed last week
to extend their original June 30 deadline to put financing in place...
Whether it's a church or an 'igloo,' City Council shouldn't be
a rubber stamp
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 20, 2002
As any good chemist, metallurgist or reader of the Bible knows, "Gold
is tested in fire." The heat of the fire purifies the gold,
removing those minerals and deposits that are not of the essence
of the precious metal...
Editorial: No power play / Don't rush to declare Mellon Arena
historic
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 16, 2002
Just as the Penguins are advancing toward the goal of building a
new hockey venue, two historic preservation groups are asking City
Council to give the 41-year-old Mellon Arena a designation that would
save it. In a hockey game, this might be considered a vicious hit,
but it doesn't deserve a premature whistle...
Mellon Arena -- use it or lose it
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 09, 2002
This town ain't big enough for two arenas. Pittsburgh is going
broke. What it needs most are more people. That means residents.
Not tourists. Not sports fans or concert-goers here for the night.
Residents...
Editorial: Arena renewal / The Penguins' plan completes a bigger
picture
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - March 15, 2002
Pittsburgh is suddenly awash in big plans for the future, but
short, for the moment, on the cash to make them happen. That's
not a horrible place to be.The worst predicament is one in which
a city has no hopes, no prospects and, in effect, no will to
shape its future. But with
effective leadership, a strong sense of civic purpose and resourceful
financing, the best cities are able to sustain and improve themselves,
regardless of the ups and downs of the economic cycle...
Caught
Shorthanded
Pittsburgh City Paper
Starting Line-up The arena-financing puck drops, but nobody crashes
the net -- and politics’ Big Guy flicks the biscuit into the
stands. The Play-by-Play On July 31, after Steve Leeper
unveiled a proposed financing plan for a new arena, a journalist
pointed to the binder under his arm. “Is Plan B in there?” asked
Post-Gazette columnist Brian O’Neill...
Penguins
unveil plan for new arena, development
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - March 11, 2002
The Pittsburgh Penguins today unveiled a $705 million development
package for a new 18,000-seat arena and plan to redevelop the
lower
Hill District but said nothing about how much the team expects
in the way of public funding...
Lemieux's
vision a long shot
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - March 13, 2002
Mario Lemieux and the rest of his Pittsburgh Penguins ownership
group belong in the penalty box. They began begging for a new
hockey
arena Monday by high-sticking reality and cross-checking common
sense...
Penguins'
arena plan includes an Uptown renewal worth $500 million
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - March 12, 2002
Abstract: Penguins' arena plan includes an Uptown renewal worth
$500 million Tuesday, March 12, 2002 By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette
Staff Writer The Penguins yesterday proposed a huge Uptown office/housing/retail
development, costing more than $500 million, across Centre Avenue
from a new $225 million hockey arena...
Lemieux
made sure plan for arena put hockey first
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - March 12, 2002
Abstract: Lemieux made sure plan for arena put hockey first
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 By Dejan Kovacevic, Post-Gazette Sports
Writer In planning the intricacies of their proposed new arena
over
the past two years, the Penguins solicited the opinions of consultants,
architects and financiers. They also sought in...
Penguins
shoot for new arena
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette - March 11, 2002
Abstract: Penguins shoot for new arena Team renews push for
public funding to build a facility Monday, March 11, 2002 By Tom
Barnes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer The Penguins are set to launch
a campaign for a new publicly funded hockey arena, to be built
across
the street from the 41-year-old Mellon Arena..
Editorial:
In black and white / It's time to plan for the Penguins' future
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - January
16, 2002
No one should be surprised that the Pittsburgh Penguins expect
the city and county to meet the June 30 deadline for drafting
a financial
plan for construction of a new arena. It's there in black and white...
Penguins
push new arena financing
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - January 13,
2002
The Pirates got PNC Park. The Steelers got Heinz Field. Now the
Penguins want a new arena, too -- and the team says it has a contractual
agreement that the city and county will have a financial plan in
place by summer...
Mario
says new ice arena a must
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 14, 2001
Fresh off a season in which his team turned a $2 million profit,
Penguins owner Mario Lemieux says he still needs a new arena
to
stay financially competitive. Without a new arena, Lemieux said,
it "will...
Cook:
Ready to play the arena game?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 14, 2001
Here we go again.
Haven't we suffered enough?
It's not so much the Penguins are finally taking their turn with their hands
out, looking for public money to build a new arena they say they need to survive
in small-market Pittsburgh and stay competitive with the Avalanche and the Devils
and blah, blah, blah ... Study:
New arena is Penguins' best bet
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - June 13, 2001
Consultants' report finds that fixing Mellon Arena would cost as
much as building a new one Wednesday, June 13, 2001 By Tom Barnes,
Post-Gazette Staff Writer A study commissioned by the Penguins has
concluded that it would cost as much or more to renovate 40-ye...
Pens
hire firm to study arena options
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 19, 2001
HOK Sport Inc., the Kansas City firm that designed
PNC Park and the new Steelers stadium, has been hired to help the
Penguins study options for new arena...
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