Atlanta doesn’t have an NHL hockey team, but that could all change as Forsyth County buildings a new mixed-use project.
Susan Swavely – Staff Writer
According to Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Forsyth County officials convened for a special meeting to advance a proposal for a mixed-use development that would be anchored by a hockey arena.” Keep scrolling for all the details!
Right now, officials unanimously voted in favor of a $225 million bond issuance, which would support a proposed $3 billion mixed-use development anchored by an 18,500-seat arena near the Fulton County line, just off of Georgia 400.
The arena is set to be the statement piece of ‘The Gathering at South Forsyth’, which is a nearly 100-acre project led by auto magnate Vernon Krause.
According to a report by The Real Deal,
The development could include 1.6 million square feet of office and retail, 1,800 multifamily units, 150 single-family homes, two hotels, a public safety building and an off-site practice ice rink.
Not exactly, no.
According The Real Deal,
NHL officials have said they’re not formally soliciting bids but are open to one-on-one conversations with potential franchise owners. Krause’s proposal will compete with another, less advanced arena pitch at North Point Mall, about six miles away… The public subsidy will help finance the county’s $350 million contribution to the arena — but only if the NHL approves a team.
Actually, yes. Two.
Today in Georgia History explains,
Hockey and the Deep South have always been something of a forced marriage. The Flames arrived in Atlanta in 1972 and reached the NHL playoffs six times in eight years playing at the Omni. But after years of low attendance and financial problems, the Flames burned out, moving to Calgary in 1980.
Then in 1997, the NHL awarded Atlanta another franchise, the Thrashers—named for the brown thrasher, Georgia’s state bird. The Thrashers’ sold 12,000 season tickets for their first season at Philips Arena. But in 11 seasons the team made the playoffs once, and after losing $130 million in the team’s last years, history repeated itself: the Thrashers left for Canada in 2011.
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