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Savannah, It’s your arena!

by Noelle Wiehe April 7, 2021July 3, 2024

Businesses in Savannah often aim to cater to tourists, but Monty Jones, operations manager for the Oak View Group, made a point to say, “We want Savannah to know this is their arena.”
The Savannah Arena will be the perfect stopover spot for big names in entertainment, hosting concerts, comedy shows, family shows, sporting events and more, Jones said.

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Savannah’s new hockey organization launches contest to choose team name

by Staff Reports February 17, 2021June 29, 2025

The management of Savannah’s new professional hockey team is asking area residents to submit suggestions for a team name with the launch of a “Name YOUR Team” contest announced on […]

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Job fair aims to employ locals to work on Savannah Arena project

by Brandy Simpkins February 10, 2021May 10, 2024

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson is urging Savannahians to attend a job fair on Saturday, Feb. 13, for employment opportunities at the Savannah Arena construction site. At his weekly press conference […]

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Savannah scores professional hockey team as first tenant for new arena

by Nick Robertson January 27, 2021December 13, 2024

Slap shots and hat tricks will get local hockey fans on their feet soon after the Savannah Arena is completed, according to Mayor Van Johnson’s Jan. 27 announcement that the […]

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Editor’s Note: Keeping Savannah’s archaeology from biting the dust

Connect Savannah StaffOctober 9, 2019August 15, 2025

“We’re just laying the facts on the table,” Rita Elliott says. “For so long, a series of myths have fueled a lack of interest in an ordinance. The myths aren’t true at all, but policy leaders buy into them.”

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Editor’s Note: Civic Center demolition will be a win – if done for the right reasons

Connect Savannah StaffJune 12, 2019November 30, 2024

Any nostalgia I may have had about the Civic Center and Johnny Mercer Theatre was outweighed long ago by constant disappointment in the site’s lackluster customer service, its dilapidation, its bad acoustics, and its bizarrely inadequate concessions. I for one will not mourn its passing. I also embrace any well-intentioned plan to restore Oglethorpe’s original vision for Savannah.

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Editor’s Note: Arena video unwittingly highlights issues

Connect Savannah StaffMarch 13, 2019June 6, 2025

Turns out there is a small handful of African American CGI characters in the concept video. One of them is standing by himself in the lobby at the top of some stairs, looking off into the distance. He is wearing a basketball uniform… and holding a basketball.

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Editor’s Note: What’s important to you?

Connect Savannah StaffOctober 3, 2018August 31, 2024

The City’s survey on what to do with the Civic Center is in some ways an example of their mode of cart-before-the-horse thinking. The issue of the Civic Center’s future should have been settled long before the plans for the new Arena were this far along.

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Editor’s Note: Oops! Arena may not have been approved by voters twice

Connect Savannah StaffSeptember 26, 2018July 6, 2025

A look at the actual ballot language from 2006 and 2013 contains a few interesting things folks may have forgotten about.

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Arena Construction Manager contract delayed after $3.9 million error causes controversy

Connect Savannah StaffAugust 30, 2018May 7, 2025

A key City Council vote to award the “Construction Manager At Risk” contract for the Savannah Arena was delayed two weeks due to chaos caused by a so-called “scrivener’s error.” […]

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Editor’s Note: The Stage on Bay’s cautionary tale

Connect Savannah StaffAugust 29, 2018June 21, 2025

But in the end, The Stage on Bay’s main problem was probably the same issue that critics of the Arena point out: Its location off the beaten path.

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Editor’s Note: Arena project bogging down before it starts?

Connect Savannah StaffAugust 22, 2018July 31, 2025

‘If you amend the policy and decide on a new policy, then that means we will mostly likely have to reject all the bids and go back out, and you’re looking at another six-month delay on the Arena,’ Hernandez explained, adding that ‘it taints the contract award process if we change it midstream.’

Savannah Arena

Savannah, It’s your arena!

Savannah’s new hockey organization launches contest to choose team name

Job fair aims to employ locals to work on Savannah Arena project

Savannah scores professional hockey team as first tenant for new arena

Editor’s Note: Keeping Savannah’s archaeology from biting the dust

Editor’s Note: Civic Center demolition will be a win – if done for the right reasons

Editor’s Note: Arena video unwittingly highlights issues

Editor’s Note: What’s important to you?

Editor’s Note: Oops! Arena may not have been approved by voters twice

Arena Construction Manager contract delayed after $3.9 million error causes controversy

Editor’s Note: The Stage on Bay’s cautionary tale

Editor’s Note: Arena project bogging down before it starts?

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