Liberty First Credit Union Arena (Ralston Arena)

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:41 pm

each to their own -- never had to stand more than one in line -- and enjoy a coke zero with raspberry

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:19 am

Uffda wrote:Coca Cola addict here -- there are a few fast food places around town that are still coke. And some of them have these machines 100+ flavors

http://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/

Have you ever been to the Coke exhibit in Atlanta?

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:42 am

These things suck. Advertise over 130 flavors of soft drinks and no matter how hard I look I still cannot find Diet Pepsi!

drinks wrote:Coca Cola addict here -- there are a few fast food places around town that are still coke. And some of them have these machines 100+ flavors

http://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/

twiztid1 · Post by **twiztid1** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:00 am

http://youtu.be/AULQ-P7jGJU

Here's a short video of the progress and some details of the Ralston arena.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:41 am

nebugeater wrote:These things suck. Advertise over 130 flavors of soft drinks and no matter how hard I look I still cannot find Diet Pepsi!

drinks wrote:Coca Cola addict here -- there are a few fast food places around town that are still coke. And some of them have these machines 100+ flavors

http://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/

It's next to the diet cherry Vanilla Fresca.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:06 pm

twiztid1 wrote:http://youtu.be/AULQ-P7jGJU

Here's a short video of the progress and some details of the Ralston arena.

Nice it looks like there is going to be 12 LED billboards in the arena (I figured they would just be printed boards or banners)

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:42 pm

From the Ralston arena facebook page: Glass installation almost done.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:27 pm

Photo Update 7/29/2012

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Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:33 pm

nebugeater wrote:These things suck. Advertise over 130 flavors of soft drinks and no matter how hard I look I still cannot find Diet Pepsi!

drinks wrote:Coca Cola addict here -- there are a few fast food places around town that are still coke. And some of them have these machines 100+ flavors

http://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/

My wife loves these things. I think she goes to Aksarben Cinema just because they have one of them.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:39 pm

Not sure how I missed these updates. Thanks Brad.

If Funplex was worth a damn they would have a pretty nice trio right there with Horseman's Park.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:44 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Not sure how I missed these updates. Thanks Brad.

Your Welcome!

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:28 pm

Newest rendering from the arena facebook page:

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:23 pm

Signs just went up along the interstate to direct people to the "Ralston Arena". Call me naive, but I've assumed that "Ralston Arena" was just a placeholder name, and that Ralston was going to sell off naming rights at some point. But now that the state has just spent money to post these signs, I guess the "Ralston Arena" name is going to stick apparently.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:19 pm

They should call it what it is. Ralston Gymnasium.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:11 am

Ralston Sports Centre

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:24 pm

Ralstone Sportes Centre

Fromaha · Post by **Fromaha** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:43 pm

I suppose even after its completed, maybe in a couple years, they could still sell the naming rights. How about the Rod Kush Coliseum?

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:52 pm

Fromaha wrote:I suppose even after its completed, maybe in a couple years, they could still sell the naming rights. How about the Rod Kush Coliseum?

I am not sure he even has his name on a house any more.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:10 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Fromaha wrote:I suppose even after its completed, maybe in a couple years, they could still sell the naming rights. How about the Rod Kush Coliseum?

I am not sure he even has his name on a house any more.

I thought he was hard at work rebuilding his empire. Are you underestimating him?

Actually, he makes me think of Solomon and Solomon from Magnolia. Poor Donny.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:36 am

Ralston Arena needs $4M more -- or no Zambonis, furnishings ...

The arena project at 72nd and Q Streets, approved overwhelmingly by Ralston's voters in May 2011, did not have the funds for the facility's furnishings and ...

http://www.momaha.com/article/20120904/NEWS/709049938

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:56 pm

Wow thats not good.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:17 pm

Linkin, that's somewhat debatable. Their original estimates were for one tenant. Now the interest in the building has ballooned and is proving to be "just the ticket" for several additional organizations, which is great.

Hard to budget for unexpected things like a lingerie football league. Though, I have personally prepared such contingencies in my budget should the LFL need a place to crash.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:32 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:Linkin, that's somewhat debatable. Their original estimates were for one tenant. Now the interest in the building has ballooned and is proving to be "just the ticket" for several additional organizations, which is great.

Hard to budget for unexpected things like a lingerie football league. Though, I have personally prepared such contingencies in my budget should the LFL need a place to crash.

Weren't they expecting the "arena" to be a multi-use facility? I just kind of find it odd that they would not have factored in these costs.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:54 pm

The way I read it was they did expect multiple uses but perhaps not so many tenants for those uses immediately as the arena opened.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:56 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:The way I read it was they did expect multiple uses but perhaps not so many tenants for those uses immediately as the arena opened.

They also said they did not plan on a full service kitchen, but they realized they could make more money if they had it.

Post by **BRoss** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:37 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:Though, I have personally prepared such contingencies in my budget should the LFL need a place to crash.

lol, me too! :D

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:48 pm

From the Ralston Arena facebook page: Seats being installed:

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:54 am

almighty_tuna wrote:Linkin, that's somewhat debatable. Their original estimates were for one tenant. Now the interest in the building has ballooned and is proving to be "just the ticket" for several additional organizations, which is great.

Hard to budget for unexpected things like a lingerie football league. Though, I have personally prepared such contingencies in my budget should the LFL need a place to crash.

No I just think they screwed up. Only planning on one tenant. Really??? Did not consider/plan for others with the uncertainty around the Civic. I think they were either clueless or they really had a flawed budget from the beginning.

Greg

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:31 am

The additional expenses may have been left out to make the project an easier sell to taxpayers.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:34 am

almighty_tuna wrote:Linkin, that's somewhat debatable. Their original estimates were for one tenant.

I can only buy that so far. When the main (only) tenant at the time was a hockey team and they didn't allocate for zambonis, hockey nets and scoreboards, call me skeptical.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:44 pm

jessep28 wrote:The additional expenses may have been left out to make the project an easier sell to taxpayers.

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Finn · Post by **Finn** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:55 pm

Defeinitely a political manuever. FFE (furniture, fixtures, equipment) is ALWAYS part of the development budget. Sure, there were some unknows, so you use a percentage of the overall budget to act as an allowance. $4.6 million off is too large of a percentage to "not know what we needed!"

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Walked by the arena tonight...they have the video board installed and also the 6 digital advertising boards on each side. I will have to try to get a picture this weekend.

twiztid1 · Post by **twiztid1** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:01 pm

Ralston has put out an rfp for a hotel on the arena site.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:52 pm

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:55 pm

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:22 pm

twiztid1 wrote:Ralston has put out an rfp for a hotel on the arena site.

From the RFP:

It is anticipated the full-service hotel component will have a target opening date of January 1, 2014, to assist in attracting events to the Ralston Arena.

The City of Ralston adopted following requirements for the hotel:
• Full Service (or incorporate into the retail development full-service amenities)
• Between of 102 and 110 Rooms
• Minimum of two meeting rooms (may include removable connecting wall)

A minimum of 75 new parking stalls shall be constructed on the Site preferably through a structured parking facility. The use of existing or planned surface parking lots located in close proximity to the Ralston Arena will be allowed through a joint-use agreement with the City. The City shall work with the successful developer on solutions to maximize parking for both the City and the Project.

Schedule:
– Issuance of the Request for Proposals (RFP) 9/17/12
– Final day for Questions 9/28/12
-- Responses to RFP due 10/12/12
– Development team finalists announced 10/19/12
– Interviews commence with development team finalists 10/26/12
– Selected developer announced 10/31/12

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:40 pm

Did the RFP mention what part of the property it would be on?

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:00 pm

From the Ralston Arena facebook page: This is the auxiliary ice (not the same part of the arena where the big events are going to be)

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:28 pm

A few update pics I took tonight:

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