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Originally Posted by wave46
It's about a mile and a half.
If the idea is to revitalize downtown by moving stuff from one area of downtown to another, I'm not sure that's a good use of money.
I guess you could argue that moving the Detroit Pistons downtown from the suburbs (Ann Arbor) might qualify.
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Detroit is a special case. The part of downtown where Joe Louis was is relatively intact. The area where the Little Caesars was built had seen a lot of buildings abandoned and/or bulldozed after years of decline. The arena and related development will go a long way to revitalize the area and Detroit as a whole.
That said, I don't agree with the fact that public funds financed the arena, considering Detroit is broke, its citizens are suffering, Canada had to take on the entire bill for a new bridge and related infrastructure on both sides of the border and the Red Wings are one of the richest teams in the NHL.
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Originally Posted by Acajack
He wants the land for free though, doesn't he? That would be the public contribution to the project, I guess.
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NCC wants market value for the land.
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Originally Posted by FFX-ME
And the city is tasked with decontaminating the land.
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The Sens group will be asking tax breaks and incentives that already exist within the City of Ottawa.