Eventually, Shinn issued an ultimatum: unless the city built a new arena at no cost to him, the Hornets would leave town.

Currently, RIT plays its varsity ice hockey games in the Frank Ritter Memorial Arena, but in 2010, the school launched the " Power Play " campaign, in which they hope to raise 15 of the 30 million dollars it would cost to build a new arena.

At the time, it was estimated that the new national arena would cost NOK 653 million.

In July 1924, construction began on a new arena, on the site of a former roller-skating rink known as the Forum ; by the fall, at a cost of $ 1. 5 million, the Montreal Forum was complete.

The arena cost US $ 262 million to build ; construction was financed with funds obtained by a variety of sources, including the City of Portland, Allen's personal fortune, and $ 155 million in bonds issued by a consortium of mutual funds and insurance companies.

Although the Summit's management said they could renovate the building for a small part of the cost of a new arena, the Rockets began talks with the city of Houston on a possible location for an arena, They also negotiated with Houston Aeros and Summit owner, Chuck Watson, to release them from their contract with the Summit, which ran until 2003.

Completed in 1975 at a cost of $ 18 million, The Summit represented a lavish new breed of sports arena, replete with amenities, that would help the NBA grow from a second-tier professional sport into the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry that it is today.

The conditions imposed by the board included a scaling down of the arena to 18, 500 seats, a moratorium on development outside the initial arena site, and that the cost of the highway interchange with highway 417 be paid by Terrace.

Another expansion to the Baltimore Convention Center has been proposed at a estimated cost of $ 400 million that includes a new 500 room hotel and a 18, 500 seat arena, the entire project itself is estimated to cost $ 900 million total ( see " Proposed Arena-convention center-hotel Project " section for more details on this most recent expansion proposal ).

However on May 25, 2011, at the annual meeting for the Greater Baltimore Committee, it was announced that the owner of the Sheraton Inner Harbor hotel, local business and construction magnate, Williard Hackerman made an offer that he would be willing to finance more than half of the proposed $ 900 million price tag and would be willing to build the hotel and the arena which is estimated to cost $ 500 million and the remainder, $ 400 million for the convention center expansion would need to be financed by the State of Maryland and Baltimore City, the offer is contingent on whether the city and state can move the convention center expansion project forward.

The study rejected a proposal to repair the arena's aging systems, citing an estimated cost of $ 60 million, and instead suggested that the city demolish 1st Mariner Arena and build a new arena on the same site or elsewhere in Baltimore.

City officials have said that the private sector would need to bear the brunt of the estimated $ 162 million construction cost of the new arena, as the city is also considering giving up ownership of the arena.

, the total cost of the arena to Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was not known, but estimated at around $ 260 million.

Victoria's arena seated 4, 000, and cost $ 110, 000 and the flagship arena in Vancouver had 10, 500 seats and cost $ 210, 000 to build.

The arena refurbishment cost £ 35m and the new arena opened to the public on 2 April 2006, with a concert by the English electronic-music band Depeche Mode.

The arena was renamed the RBC Center, with a 20-year lease at a cost of $ 80 million.

The arena was designed by Grad Partnership and Dilullo, Clauss, Ostroki & Partners and was constructed at a cost of $ 85 million.

The Robot Wars arena-valued originally at £ 11, 000-was sold for scrap in 2005 for £ 250 by the new owners of RAF Newton where the arena was housed.

The arena then underwent a £ 29 million overhaul of its facilities, paid for by loans from Birmingham City Council and regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.

A year later the stadium plan was changed to become part of a £ 46 million project by the Stadivarios group that would also include a 10, 000-seat indoor arena.

Local newspaper the Surrey Advertiser described the local council's £ 28million arena as " Awesome ".

The £ 12 million arena provides facilities for Rugby League, Rugby Union, Football ( 5 grass pitches ) Hockey ( 2 floodlit all weather pitches ) Netball and Tennis ( 4 floodlit courts ) and Cycling ( circuit ), as well as an eight lane athletics area, equipped for school, club and county competitions.

Anschutz spent £ 50m on the MEN arena and the winner of the casino licence is a close ally of Anshutz, Sol Kerzner.

This project will incorporate a new 12, 500 seat, £ 50 million concert arena for the SECC to be known as Scottish Hydro Arena, and construction of this development is expected to be completed by Spring 2013.

The prize fund is £ 30, 000 for each tournament and features up to 32 boards in action on an arena floor, hence their nickname " floor tournament ".

The arena had a £ 10 million refit in 1998, although it never managed to become a financial success, in part due to its fairly poor transport access and in 2005 it closed.

William Batty would also build his own 14, 000-person arena, known commonly as Batty's Hippodrome, in Kensington Gardens and draw crowds from the Crystal Palace Exhibition.

In the end, he got exactly enough of a budget to design and build a four-hundred-foot-square building suitable to hold a variety of exhibition spaces and equally suitable for later conversion to a sports arena and convention facility.

The veto prompted many of the city's black ministers to oppose the referendum ; they felt it was immoral for the city to build a new arena when city employees weren't paid enough to make a living.

After the failed referendum, city leaders devised a plan to build a new arena in a way that did not require voter support, but made it known that they would not even consider building it unless Shinn sold the team.

The voters of Columbus were considering a referendum to build a publicly financed arena, a major step toward approval of their NHL bid.

Remnants of the Trojan Oaks Golf Course, which was closed in March 2010 in order to build a new basketball arena for Troy University on the grounds, are still present and are open to the public for practice.

In June 2005, Sedgwick County voters approved a sales tax raise to build a new arena downtown to replace the aging Kansas Coliseum, located north of the city.

The Coliseum has statistically proven to be one of the most difficult venues for visiting teams to win in all of sports, has anecdotally been described as ' the arena that the volleyball gods would build ', and has drawn comparisons to Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium due to its design, acoustics, and intimate atmosphere.

Plans to build an arena at the site were part of a proposal originating from 1931 to build a swimming hall and other municipally owned facilities for sport and recreation next to the exhibition center Svenska Mässan.

Financing for the arena and other proposed facilities became a subject of public and political debate, the plans to build the arena were postponed indefinitely.

In the 1962 election campaign the Swedish Social Democratic Party guaranteed that they would build the arena if they won the election.

In 1968 a committee assigned to plan the 350th year celebration of Gothenburg considered that it was a good idea to build the arena in time for the celebrations in 1971, making it a lasting memory of the anniversary.

Council's commitment to build the facility resulted in IceDogs ' owner Bill Burke promising to sign a 20-year lease with the city after he threatened to move his team if the city chose not to build a new arena.

In order to get an NHL expansion team, Saint Paul needed to build a new arena.

The Seaman brothers, Daryl and Byron, had made an offer of $ 14 million while the City of Calgary prepared to build a new arena for the team.

Despite this, negotiations between the Whalers and Rowland to build a new $ 147. 5 million arena seemed to be going well.

In 1945, a group emerged willing to build a new arena in Brooklyn.

Morris Architects, designed the building, and Hunt Construction was contracted to build the arena.

On July 26, 2007, the Orange County Commissioners voted 5 – 2 in favor of spending $ 1. 1 billion to build a new arena for the Orlando Magic, a performing arts center, and to upgrade the Citrus Bowl.