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Lifetimes of memories in 100 days at Rogers Place
Rogers Place arena has only been open for 100 days, but it has already hosted a lifetimes of memories.

Having already hosted sold-out hockey games and world-renowned artists like Drake, Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton and Kanye West, there’s more to come, said Sheena Way, Rogers Place assistant general manager of Live Entertainment.

Next year “is going to be a good year,” said Way. “A lot of people are touring, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruno Mars, Coldplay and Roger Waters.

“And there are a lot of things that aren’t announced yet that are strong.”
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http://edmontonjournal.com/business...times-of-memories-in-100-days-at-rogers-place
 
Rogers Place parking lot approval sparks questions about whether Edmonton really needs another car park
Coun. Andrew Knack says he didn’t vote for the new surface parking lot beside Rogers Place for two reasons: Edmonton doesn’t need more downtown parking and it won’t make the core more vibrant.

And Knack said he would be more confident in the Katz Group's proposed ‘urban village’ if the organization presented an application to develop the land, along with the parking proposal. The group has promised to build the village after three years

“You can’t rely on that promise (an urban village), in my opinion, to affect your decision about that land,” he said, in an interview. “But I do have the upmost faith we’re going to see this urban village because we’ve seen so much development.”
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http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2016/12/16/edmonton-parking-lot-approval-sparks-questions.html
 
Downtown arena drawing business to Edmonton's inner city
The commercial area northeast of Edmonton's new Rogers Place arena has seen better days.

For-lease signs hang over broken windows and darkened doorways of vacant storefronts.

Home to several social-services agencies, the area is a gathering place for people battling addictions, mental health issues and homelessness.

Many businesses have struggled in the past to attract and maintain regular clientele, but now the strip of abandoned stores north of the old casino is seeing new life.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rogers-place-arena-edmonton-business-1.3897101
 
Downtown arena drawing business to Edmonton's inner city -- of course it is, and to quote BTO, "you ain't seen nothin' yet". Expect to see one or two more major hotels announced in 2017 (it would be nice if the Edmontonian was revived as the mixed use project that it was intended to be with a major hotel as a component). I doubt that M. Katz will let a major hotel opportunity slip away for the site of the former Casino, now slated for demolition. And if it mirrors the Marriott hotel under construction, one would expect to see a large residential component affixed to it with more retail and entertainment possibilities. I think M. Katz suggested that this land would be reserved for a "signature" development, suggesting, perhaps, a world-class architect involved -- perhaps a Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie or a Douglas Cardinal in the Canadian context or a Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Bjarke Ingels, or a Thom Mayne, internationally speaking. I would even include Brad Kennedy and Gene Dub from Edmonton in the running as possibilities. Again, it would really be interesting to see who is on the team, architecturally speaking, for the urban village concept north of 105th Avenue.
 
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BTW whatever happened to the video screen that was supposed to adorn the southeast corner of the casino/office bldg.?
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http://www.rogersplace.com/time-lapse/

It looks like they have started to install some of the brackets to the casino for the video screens.
 
McDougall community league unhappy with $150,000 donation for parking lot rezoning
A downtown community league is feeling a little cheated by city council’s decision to rezone a parking lot north of Rogers Place in exchange for a donation.

The Central McDougall Community League’s board of directors found out about the city’s decision to allow parking lots to be developed and operated for three years — and the $150,000 the developers pledged to the community league to sweeten the deal — through a Postmedia story.

“We were not part of this discussion. This discussion was entirely between the city and the (developers),” said former president and current director Warren Champion. “I can’t say, to be honest, it sounds very fair to anyone in the community.”
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http://edmontonjournal.com/business...with-150000-donation-for-parking-lot-rezoning
 
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