http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district ColumbusUnderground.com Messageboard en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/search.php http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/30#post-467900 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:23:34 +0000 News 467900@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p><strong>Arena management: Hiding in plain sight</strong><br /> Posted on October 18, 2012<br /> by Jeff Long</p> <p><em>We have a nice arena, by all accounts. We didn’t ask to buy it, true, but it’s ours now. It would be nice if the hockey team it was built for would actually play some games there. It would be nice if this whole thing didn’t stink to high heaven.<br /> </em><br /> <em>We’re holding the bag, but we’re not allowed to see what’s inside. That’s where things stand with Columbus Arena Management, which wants to run the arena away from our prying eyes<br /> </em><br /> READ MORE: <a href="http://www.theotherpaper.com/blogs/over_the_top/article_b5463eb8-1947-11e2-84c1-0019bb2963f4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.theotherpaper.com/blogs/over_the_top/article_b5463eb8-1947-11e2-84c1-0019bb2963f4.html</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/30#post-467110 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:50:33 +0000 JeepGirl 467110@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Shouldn't the Dispatch be suing somebody here?</p> <p><em>Members of the semiprivate board created to manage publicly owned Nationwide Arena still are bickering with Columbus and Franklin County officials about whether their meetings will be open to the public.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/10/13/tiff-on-secret-meetings-slows-down-arena-board.html"><br /> <strong>Tiff on secret meetings slows down Nationwide Arena board</strong></a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/30#post-466805 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:53:23 +0000 tbk6 466805@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Still looking for some help with my survey. Honestly, I expected the response to be greater. Just wondering if the lack of interest indicates a general apathy toward the issue. Thoughts?</p> <p>BTW, if you <em>are</em> apathetic, please still fill out the survey. I'd like that to be reflected in my results as well. Thanks again!</p> <p><strong>Help me graduate. Take an 11-minute survey. Maybe win $50. Share with friends.<br /> <a href="http://www.cbusarenasurvey.com">cbusarenasurvey.com</a></strong> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/30#post-466356 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:01:58 +0000 tbk6 466356@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>0Angle <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/30#post-466349">said</a>:</cite><br /> Those survey questions were amazingly repetitious AND redundant. </p></blockquote> <p>Hey, that means you filled it out! Thanks!</p> <p>I confess that there is repetition (and redundancy), but it's not without rhyme or reason. The results you and others are providing will help me eliminate some questions and cut the the survey down. It might not be the most user-friendly right now, but it really makes a big difference in the long run.</p> <p>Thanks again. Oh, and tell your friends--but if you do, leave out the stuff after "amazingly." </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/30#post-466349 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 07:36:30 +0000 0Angle 466349@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>tbk6 <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-466337">said</a>:</cite><br /> I'm hoping y'all can help me out by completing a short (11-minute avg. completion time) survey related to the arena, local politics, and the Blue Jackets. </p> <p><img src="http://myweb.fsu.edu/tbk07/cbusarenasurvey_files/548234_10102244841082395_204296745_n.jpeg"> </p></blockquote> <p>Those survey questions were amazingly repetitious AND redundant. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-466337 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:12:38 +0000 tbk6 466337@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Hi - I'm writing my dissertation about the Nationwide Arena deal, and I'm hoping y'all can help me out by completing a short (11-minute avg. completion time) survey related to the arena, local politics, and the Blue Jackets. Though everyone here seems to have an opinion, anyone in or around Franklin County can take the survey (even if they couldn't care less about the deal, the Blue Jackets, or the mayor).</p> <p>If interested, please go to <a href="http://www.cbusarenasurvey.com">cbusarenasurvey.com</a>. And if you're feeling <em>really</em> motivated, pass the survey URL on to friends, family, colleagues, and random people. Thanks!!</p> <p><img src="http://myweb.fsu.edu/tbk07/cbusarenasurvey_files/548234_10102244841082395_204296745_n.jpeg"> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-464561 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:26:24 +0000 MRipley 464561@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>^ So the Blue Jackets can gernerate additional revenue by selling sponsorship space on a building they don't own, lease, or rent? </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-464500 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:14:00 +0000 heresthecasey 464500@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Not sure where this should go, but..</p> <p><strong>Discounter Big Lots wants to brand Nationwide Arena’s box office</strong><br /> By Brian R. Ball<br /> Staff reporter- Business First<br /> Monday, September 24, 2012, 2:46pm</p> <p><img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/DAI-Big-Lots-Nationwide-Arena-rendering.jpg"></p> <p><em>The Big Lots closeout retail chain could soon slap its signature exclamation point outside of the Nationwide Arena box office.</p> <p>The city’s Downtown Commission on Tuesday will consider approval of the Columbus discounter’s name above the ticket office canopies at the arena’s west courtyard during its meeting as an indication the Blue Jackets want to generate more sponsorship revenue off the building.</p> <p>The proposed sign package features a 25-foot tall, orange exclamation point that serves as part of the retail chain’s logo. It would be positioned on the brick column between the two pair of doors into the arena’s ticket lobby.</em></p> <p>READ MORE: <a href="http://">http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/09/24/discounter-big-lots-wants-to-brand.html</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-463529 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:39:01 +0000 murfmurphy 463529@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>The taxpayers of Franklin county and Columbus are assuredly out of quite a bit of money if the lockout extends into the regular season. The Blue Jackets currently have 41 dates locked up on the arena's schedule that could have been used for other events that could bring in a lot more revenue than a bottom dwelling hockey team would. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-463478 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:06:30 +0000 ExileOn6thSt 463478@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Brings to mind the episode of Seinfeld where Kramer starts working his tail off at a business for no pay. At the end the boss calls him in and criticizes his work and says they have to let Kramer go. When Kramer protests the firing saying that they don't pay him anyway, the boss says, "That's what makes this so difficult." </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-463463 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:19:04 +0000 Snarf 463463@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>^ unreal! </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-463439 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:32:49 +0000 MRipley 463439@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Just amazing. If you have access to read it the Dispatch is touting the benefits of the hockey lockout for the taxpayers owning the arena. Basically, since the taxpayers get nothing from the Blue Jackets, it's awesome that they lose nothing during the shutdown. What a deal for the taxpayer!!!</p> <p><a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/19/whats-the-impact.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/19/whats-the-impact.html</a></p> <p>From the article;</p> <p> <em>The lockout that began on Sunday will not cost taxpayers or the Franklin County agency that owns the arena anything because the public receives no revenue from hockey games — not from concessions, parking or tickets.</em></p> <p>Wait... isn't that like claiming that if you work for no pay or benefits, then it's a sweet deal when you're layed off?</p> <p>The arrogance of the Dispatch is beyond belief. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-462441 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:15:42 +0000 Jeffersin 462441@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>One of the major reasons for the Blue Jackets bailout was so the team wouldn't move out of Columbus which we're told would cost "thousands of jobs in the Arena District". If the NHL lockout that is looming becomes a reality and wipes part of the season or all of the season out, is there language in the sales contract or the 'no rent' Blue Jacket lease that provides some sort reimbursement to the city from the NHL or the Blue Jackets? Or is the city stuck maintaining an empty building on it's dime? </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-462380 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:48:26 +0000 News 462380@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p><strong>Giving new meaning to the word Stinger</strong><br /> Posted on September 13, 2012<br /> by Jeff Long</p> <p><em>“When the city subsidizes hockey, it reduces its ability to pay for public safety officials, public transportation and services upon which its citizens rely.”</p> <p>City Council made it official Monday night, allocating the first chunk of the $240 million we will pay for Nationwide Arena. That’s $4.5 million for the Blue Jackets and, as for neighborhoods that reek of urban decay, well, council hopes to do something for them, too. Maybe next year.<br /> </em><br /> READ MORE: <a href="http://www.theotherpaper.com/news/article_c8a16f78-fdcc-11e1-96dd-0019bb2963f4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.theotherpaper.com/news/article_c8a16f78-fdcc-11e1-96dd-0019bb2963f4.html</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-451141 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:32:45 +0000 Graybeak 451141@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www2.nbc4i.com/sports/2012/jul/23/report-rick-nash-be-traded-rangers-ar-1113004/">Rick Nash traded to Rangers</a></p> <p>And the value just dropped to $1.98. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-445722 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:11:41 +0000 JeepGirl 445722@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Well looky <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/07/04/county-expects-help-from-sales-tax-casinos.html">here</a>. Franklin County gives 25% of its casino revenue to buy Nationwide Arena, and now they will be cutting budgets for other public services.</p> <p>Love how one of the chief benefactors of the deal, the Dispatch, presents this news on the holiday. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440942 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:55:47 +0000 Graybeak 440942@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>DTown <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440940">said</a>:</cite></p> <p>Uptick in the multi-colored, plastic ball industry aside, it probably wouldn't have had the impact as what they did end up putting there. </p></blockquote> <p>Like I said a few pages back, if (some would say when) the BJs leave, we fill the arena up with those balls, and we would have a huge tourism draw! </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440940 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:51:14 +0000 DTown 440940@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>cheap <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440930">said</a>:</cite><br /> there was a 200 year old prison there.</p> <p>you could have put a chuck e cheese where the arena is ,and the area would be revitalized. </p></blockquote> <p>Could have. Certainly would have made for a simpler economic impact study. </p> <p>Uptick in the multi-colored, plastic ball industry aside, it probably wouldn't have had the impact as what they did end up putting there. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440933 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:45:48 +0000 ricospaz 440933@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>cheap <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440930">said</a>:</cite><br /> there was a 200 year old prison there.</p> <p>you could have put a chuck e cheese where the arena is ,and the area would be revitalized. </p></blockquote> <p>I remember going down there when it was pretty much Jillians and nothing else. It's really turned around. Thank you Arena. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440930 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:40:14 +0000 cheap 440930@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>DTown <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/petition-for-cbj-and-arena-district/page/29#post-440908">said</a>:</cite></p> <p>But considering the arena development and the success it's had in triggering vitalization in it's immediate (and not so immediate) surroundings, I'd be hard pressed to come up with anything that would have had a more positive overall, and long lasting, impact.</p> </blockquote> <p>there was a 200 year old prison there.</p> <p>you could have put a chuck e cheese where the arena is ,and the area would be revitalized. </p>