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Can casino tax windfall save Blue Jackets?
Janet Adams | Business First
Friday, July 16, 2010
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/07/19/story2.html?ana=e_ph
Paying forward
Will OSU's contribution to help the Blue Jackets inspire others to ante up?
The Other Paper
Published: Thursday, July 8, 2010 10:39 AM EDT
http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2010/07/10/cover_story/doc4c35dfdc16d7a530316914.txt
Issue Story: The Blue Jackets and Nationwide Arena
Posted on June 7, 2010 by Bart Logan
http://bartlogan.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/issue-story-the-blue-jackets-and-nationwide-arena/
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Blue Jackets solution is critical to Arena District
Saturday, May 22, 2010 2:51 AM
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2010/05/22/blue-jackets-solution-is-
critical-to-arena-district.html?sid=101
Much work remains to keep Arena District healthy
Friday, May 14, 2010
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/05/17/editorial2.html
Blue Jackets, OSU reach arena management deal
May 11, 2010
http://blog.dispatch.com/FischerBeat/2010/05/blue_jackets_osu_reach_arena_m.shtml
Dispatch reports that Management Deal signed between OSU and Nationwide Arena:
NATIONWIDE ARENA
OSU to help guide arenas
University to book nonsports events as part of deal
By Encarnacion Pyle, Kevin Joy and Aaron Portzline
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/05/12/osu-to-help-
guide-arenas.html?sid=101
Lease talks: Is there good news for Nationwide Arena?
By Encarnacion Pyle, Aaron Portzline and Robert Vitale
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/04/30/arena-takeover-art-gpg8cd67-1.html?sid=101
Forward Together Columbus Seeks Fix for Jackets
http://www.columbusunderground.com/forward-together-columbus-seeks-fix-for-jackets
Blue Jackets backers call for power play
April 16, 2010
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/04/19/tidbits1.html
VIEWPOINT
Columbus region rewarded by Jackets, arena development
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/03/29/editorial2.html
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Don't press panic button over arena
http://www.forwardtogethercolumbus.org/media_Dont-press-panic.php
Jan Wilson commentary: Losing Jackets would leave hole in community
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2010/03/21/losing-jackets-would-leave-hole-in-community.html
Blue Jackets bring more than hockey to Columbus
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2010/02/20/Rose__SAT_ART_02-20-10
_A9_62GKORG.html
The Arena Chronicles: Part IV -- Columbus Unique in Arena Structure
Posted by Jeff Little on Feb 19th, 2010 and filed under Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL News/Commentary.
http://thehockeywriters.com/the-arena-chronicles-part-iv-columbus-unique-in-arena-structure/
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Blue Jackets, arena are valuable assets
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2010/02/10/M._Smith_ART_02-10-10_
A12_8AGI1RH.html?sid=101
Jackets fans fight for hockey
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/05/Blue_Jackets.ART_ART_
02-05-10_A1_9TGGN10.html?sid=101
Carrying the flag
http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2010/02/03/cover_story/doc4b6a209b60515184133104.txt
Arena issue at heart of Jackets fan group
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/01/27/arena-issue-purpose-of-jackets-fan-group.html?sid=101
A tooth fairy by any other name
http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2010/01/20/front/doc4b57a8176a9aa589216494.txt
Recipe for the big leagues
The Arena District in Columbus, Ohio, has given the city new life and energy.
Could this be a model for Edmonton?
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Recipe+leagues/2282632/story.html
Jackets' push nets huge response to poll on team's importance in city
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/30/tidbits6.html
Study Provides Roadmap For Jackets' Financial Woes
http://thehockeywriters.com/study-provides-roadmap-for-jackets-financial-woes/
Report: Columbus Blue Jackets need financial fix
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-bluejackets-future&prov=ap&type=lgns
Saving the Jackets
Unless relief can be provided from a problematic lease and other financial burdens, Columbus
eventually could lose its NHL team, consultant's report says
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2009/11/05/jackets_study.ART_ART_11-05
-09_A1_B1FJ0I3.html
Columbus Chamber Report Reveals Options to Retain Blue Jackets, Grow District
http://www.columbus.org/media-center/news-archive/?id=63
The Arena Chronicles: Part I - What's Going on in Columbus?
http://thehockeywriters.com/the-arena-chronicles-or-whats-going-on-in-columbus---part-i/
The Arena Chronicles: Part II - How We Got Here
http://thehockeywriters.com/blue-jackets-the-arena-chronicles---part-ii-how-we-got-here/
The Arena Chronicles: Part III - What comes next?
http://firethecannon.com/arena-chronicles-part-iii-36917.html
A Time To Rally The Troops In Columbus, Part One
http://thehockeywriters.com/a-time-to-rally-the-troops-in-columbus-part-one/
A Time To Rally The Troops In Columbus, Part Two
http://thehockeywriters.com/a-time-to-rally-the-troops-in-columbus-part-two/
Lease concerns aren't new
Private financing of arenas, teams is rare, but voters had rejected tax
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/06/02/copy/ARENA_HISTORY
.ART_ART_06-02-09_A4_F0E25IG.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
On thin ice
(Could the Jackets leave town?)
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/05/29/ARENA.ART_ART_05-29-09
_A1_6NE0SVF.html
A Waterfront Revival in Columbus, Ohio
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/business/03columbus.html
Glenn School study finds big economic boost from Columbus Blue Jackets and Arena District
http://glennschool.osu.edu/news/bluejackets.html