A few notes from tonights meeting
-ABC Building to be refurbished
-bowl for the arena will be sunken below grade
-facades will be lined with active spaces
-truck elevators that will lower them to the lower level
-trucks will be staged in the MPA garage as there's internal circulation
-it's an event center, not just a basketball arena
-seats will be retractable
-height of the roof at the eaves about the height of trees at the edge so it's more pedestrian friendly and the roof will swoop up at the center
-50' at edge and 90' at top
-skybridge connecting event center to hotel at 2nd floor
-30,000 sq foot ballroom
-financing shifting. all TIFF used will go toward the hotel and none to the event center
-event center 1/2 by MCPier and 1/2 by DePaul
-2,500 permanent jobs and 10,000 construction
-Goal is to be in the ground by early 2015 and to be done by 2016/17 for both the arena and the tower
-fixed seating is about 10,000 for ballgames and about 8,000 for concerts
-prediction/estimate of up to 60 events the first year
-roughly 1,200 room hotel
-approx 150 parking spaces underground for hotel
-60 stories 600'+
More to come.....
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