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Don’t worry about Seattle. An arena deal is to be had in Edmonton if both...
Courtesy of @FakeOilersGM on Twitter But Katz’s visit to Seattle a slap in the face to Oilers faithful . . . Two big developments on the downtown arena file today, with Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz...
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Katz’s Seattle gambit gives black eye to NHL owners, league insiders say,...
The NHL “village” is looking on the Edmonton negotiations and not liking what it sees … Daryl Katz’s threat to move the Edmonton Oilers to a city like Seattle if he can’t get a suitable arena deal was...
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Edmonton Arena District is the fastest growing arena district in the history...
Something remarkable and historic is happening on the formerly derelict north edge of downtown Edmonton. North America’s most successful arena districts in Los Angeles and Columbus, Ohio, saw related...
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David Staples: Desperation driving success on downtown arena build
Edmonton’s Odd Couple is building the downtown arena, but they share one thing that is driving them to success: a desperate need for a win on this career and downtown-defining project. How odd is the...
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David Staples: Pizza for the cheap seats at new arena, that's amore
Edmonton’s downtown arena will be magnificent, on-time and on-budgets, its builders are fond of saying. At this time of seemingly unending botched City of Edmonton megaprojects, how was such a thing...
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Edmonton Oilers' new arena living up to the hype
When people from the Oilers Entertainment Group proclaim that Rogers Place will be the best arena in the world, you initially had to take it with a pretty big grain of salt. The world is a big place...
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Rogers Place tour shows downtown Edmonton arena readying for September debut
The last time Rogers Place opened its doors to the public, fans braved frigid January temperatures for a look inside the new downtown arena. They also had to use their imaginations to get a sense of...
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"Katz & Co. need to stop acting like spoiled, entitled brats"— essential...
Part 2: Where Daryl Katz battles Northlands and is accused of the old “bait and switch” This is the second part of an ongoing series on the essential quotes about Edmonton’s downtown arena project. If...
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"Once-in-a-generation opportunity to do something special for everybody."...
This is part five of a five part series on the Essential Quotes about the Edmonton arena district. You can read the first four parts here, and may want to do that, as the quotes are in chronological...
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David Staples: Roger Place 'redefines' what arenas can be, Bob Black says
Fifty-thousand Edmontonians will get their first look inside Rogers Place on Saturday, but I reckon not one will have stronger feelings about Edmonton’s new downtown arena than Bob Black, the man who...
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