Newsroom Archives
11/05: Root, Root, Root For Your Home Team - Retail Traffic
If you build it, they will come. Or so a disembodied voice told Kevin Costner's character, Ray Kinsella, in Field of Dreams, encouraging him to create a baseball diamond in rural Iowa.2/19/04: Arena-area Condos Planned - Columbus Dispatch
Anchored by Nationwide Arena, the Arena District has become a popular place to visit.9/03: Mixed-use project in downtown Columbus, Ohio, to reduce car dependency - Heartland Real Estate Business
The Nationwide Arena District in Columbus, Ohio, will soon have a pair of urban-scaled apartment buildings that will introduce residential space to the downtown Columbus market.2/03: The Arena District Rules! - Columbus C.E.O.
The glitz and gloss of the Arena District are impressive anytime, but never more than on a winter evening when the Blue Jackets are playing at home.9/02: Mixing-up the Midwest - Heartland Real Estate Business
Columbus, Ohio, like other major markets across the country, is seeing its fair share of mixed-use development, according to Brian Ellis, president of Nationwide Realty Investors.5/01: Skating To Success - Shopping Center Business
Bringing major league hockey to Columbus, Ohio, has kept the new Nationwide Arena downtown hopping about 50 times this past year with pre-season and regular season games.2/01: Private Affair - Urbanland
At first glance, Columbus, Ohio, a sprawling, Midwestern capital city, seemed like one of the least likely candidates for a privately funded downtown sports arena surrounded by dozens of acres of dense urban development.9/8/00: Nationwide Arena grand opening marks new era for Downtown Columbus
Nationwide Arena - the nation's newest and most innovative indoor venue for major league sports and entertainment and the centerpiece of a major downtown development in Columbus - officially opens today with formal ceremonies and an open house for community organizations and season ticket holders.12/5/99: New Arena offers peek into the future - Columbus Dispatch
Nationwide's chief overseer say the Blue Jackets' brick-and-glass palace will be a hit and a good fit downtown.6/17/97: City awarded an NHL Team - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus will be granted a National Hockey League expansion team that will begin play in 2000, two television networks reported last night.