The REAL Sabres
February 2nd, 2005, 9:34:46 PM
The New Jersey Devils have struck a deal for a new arena. Finally they get out of the crappy Brendan Byrne/Continental Airlines Arena and the swamp known as the Meadowlands. Their swanky new place should be ready for the 2007-2008 season (hahaha).
NEWARK, N.J. -- After more than six years of aborted plans and on-again, off-again negotiations, city officials and the New Jersey Devils signed an agreement Wednesday to build an 18,000-seat arena that is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of the 2007-08 NHL season.
Calling it "one of the greatest days in the history of New Jersey's largest city," Mayor Sharpe James put his signature on the agreement with Devils owner Ken Vanderbeek. The city will pay $210 million; the team will pay $100 million toward the cost of the arena and any cost overruns during the construction, Vanderbeek said.
More... (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1982634&type=story)
NEWARK, N.J. -- After more than six years of aborted plans and on-again, off-again negotiations, city officials and the New Jersey Devils signed an agreement Wednesday to build an 18,000-seat arena that is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of the 2007-08 NHL season.
Calling it "one of the greatest days in the history of New Jersey's largest city," Mayor Sharpe James put his signature on the agreement with Devils owner Ken Vanderbeek. The city will pay $210 million; the team will pay $100 million toward the cost of the arena and any cost overruns during the construction, Vanderbeek said.
More... (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1982634&type=story)