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KC to build NHL ready practice facility in Riverside?

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Plans for NHL-ready practice facility near Argosy Casino off I-635 unveiled today. $15MM complex to be ready in 18 months.
http://twitter.com/#!/BrianMcGannon/sta ... 4881330176

He adds it would be built for youth hockey and to satisfy the demands for a hockey facility up north, but it would be NHL-ready should a team relocate here.
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Who is funding it?

EDIT: Argosy Casino owner. Does anyone know who this is?
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Very interesting.
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Seems like a good deal. I'll take it. Can we get Argosy to become at least a particial owner of a team?
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the other week when someone linked to the ESPN folks talking about a "new ownership group" surfacing in KC i wanted to ask about that, but forgot...so this sort of brings that back up. Seems like the Argosy owner(s) may be part of it. Any other ideas?
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I'm trying to think of reasons this could possibly be announced before a team is even secured.

1. Riverside and/or Argosy owner wanted a youth hockey rink anyway. They're going to make it NHL caliber so if a team does come, they'll get some rent from it.

2. NHL ownership group is already in place including Argosy owner who put this together so that they would practice in Riverside instead of somewhere else.

3. The Argosy owner is the leader or the only member of an ownership group and he wants the practice space in Riverside so he can watch the team practice and be back in his office in 5 minutes.

4. Part of an arrangement for Argosy owner to become a part of the NHL ownership group.

5. Team is already secured but nothing has leaked yet. This needed to be announced now so that it would be ready for the team once they moved here. The team would not be able to move until at least after this season so they don't want to kill ticket sales for this current season.
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I hope it's #5!!!!! Though, that seems to be the option that is least likely.
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TheBigChuckbowski wrote:Who is funding it?

EDIT: Argosy Casino owner. Does anyone know who this is?
Argosy is owned by Penn National Gaming. Peter Carlino is the CEO.
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Very interesting.....
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Doesn't the independence events center already have a NHL ready practice area?
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Now he says it's in Briarcliff.....
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Ez Street wrote:Now he says it's in Briarcliff.....
And, more importantly, AEG is a part of it.
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Why would AEG have any interest in financing a youth hockey rink in Kansas City if there wasn't an NHL team already involved or to help bring a team?
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Is there a link to this story yet? Anything on the news? Just curious.
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shinatoo wrote:Doesn't the independence events center already have a NHL ready practice area?
I would guess if we ever land an NHL team, they don't want to share ice time with a minor league club.
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Still nothing online about this.

Does this development have anything to do with it....
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/17/32 ... sides.html
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Ez Street wrote:Still nothing online about this.

Does this development have anything to do with it....
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/17/32 ... sides.html
I emailed a couple of media members about it, but they hadn't heard anything yet.
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Hmmm, the lack of media publicity is odd. Perhaps they want this under the radar. Seems strange that this kind of a development (NHL angle or not) would not be some sort of news....
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