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
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
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
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?
‘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.’
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Westside Arena: Crunching the numbers
AT A proposed cost of $140 million, the Westside Arena promises to be one of the most expensive civic amenity projects undertaken in Savannah’s history. Advocates trumpet how the […]
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Westside Arena: Contaminated, with a chance of flooding
SAVANNAH HAS been growing and expanding throughout its long history. The area being considered for the future Canal District officially became part of the city in 1854, and during the […]
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Westside Arena: The parking puzzle
I AM AN ARDENT proponent of walkability and encouraging car alternatives. But as I hope the previous segment of this special report made clear, the current site for the Westside […]
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Westside Arena: A critical look at access
DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH is famous as a pedestrian-friendly, walkable area, where destinations from River Street to Forsyth Park are readily accessible on foot, by bike, bus or car. That should be […]
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Westside Arena: a 50-year mistake?
WHILE THERE has been a generally positive trend in Savannah’s governance over the past several years, the decision to locate a new arena west of downtown at Stiles Avenue and […]
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Editor’s Note: The Great Downtown Disconnect
Currently, the downtown area is awash in plenty of other examples of what one could loosely define as public/private partnerships
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Savannah Music Festival: Our ‘gleaming musical treasure’
SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson is now in his 15th year at the helm of the beloved local cultural event. This year’s edition promises an even […]