September 19, 200816 yr i'd like the streetscaping more if they left out the obvious lifestyle mall inspired florishes.
February 25, 200916 yr Toledo arena has no big-money sponsor, but the fans are ready By William Hershey, Staff Writer Monday, February 16, 2009 TOLEDO - The new multipurpose arena going up in downtown Toledo so far is named after Lucas County, a sign of the times. Companies that a few years ago eagerly emptied their vaults for the privilege of flashing their names across new baseball parks and sports arenas are feeling the hard times just like everybody else. http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2009/02/16/ddn021609toledoinside.html
February 25, 200916 yr No doubt the new arena will help the existing businesses around it; I really hope, even in this economy, that it can help a few more sprout up around it. There are some gorgeous, empty buildings around it just crying for rehab and investment. We'll see, I guess.
February 26, 200916 yr That's very interesting. I have passed by that building many times, and have seen bits of the beautiful original structure where parts of the modernist skin have peeled away. I'm more interested in the name of the building...Nasby. Britannia article on Blade editor David Ross Locke: From an early age Locke worked for newspapers in New York and Ohio. In 1861, as editor of the Findlay (Ohio) Jeffersonian, he published the first of many satirical letters purporting to be written by one Petroleum V. Nasby. For over 20 years Locke contributed “Nasby Letters” to the Toledo Blade, which under his editorship gained national circulation. Many of the letters appeared also in such books as The Nasby Papers (1864) and The Diary of an Office Seeker (1881). An ardent Unionist and foe of slavery, Locke vigorously supported the Northern cause. His chief weapon was a heavy irony, with his character Nasby, a coarse and vicious “Copperhead,” arguing illiterately the Southern position. Used for a serious end, such verbal fooling delighted Northern readers, including President Abraham Lincoln, who occasionally read Nasby letters to his cabinet. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/403805/Petroleum-V-Nasby I had no idea there was still a building in Toledo named after Petroleum!
March 6, 200916 yr If Toledo could just leap through the economic transition we're undergoing, it'd be a fantastic city (well the wind can be too much and I can't stand the flatness).
April 1, 200916 yr Sidelines Bar & Grill opened up a 2nd location right across the st from one of the gates; the wife and I were there a week ago (they have an excellent fish fry). They should kick ass once the arena opens.
October 10, 200915 yr Is there enough going on dt for the Toledo to get the MAC basketball championships again? Especially enough hotel rooms?
January 7, 201015 yr The aerial view kind of reminds me of the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. ^I agree. They're both very urban and very integrated. And the fact Toledo is being mentioned in the same sentence as DC is a huge compliment in itself. I think Toledo can claim best minor league sports venues in America. The new stadium/arena certainly look great and the Walleye are a damn good team this year, however I'd have to say Indianapolis' Victory Field is the crown jewel of minor league ball parks.
January 7, 201015 yr ^That's very true, Dunn-Tire, now Coca-Cola Field was really one of the first to start the new trend. I wonder how well they would've expanded it had Buffalo got an MLB expansion team. In terms of urban integration, yeah the new arenas in Toledo are some of, if not THE, best, but all you had said was "I think Toledo can claim best minor league sports venues in America." In terms of urban integration, sure, but as far as over all being a sports venue, I think Victory Field tops Fifth-Third Field and the Cincinnati Gardens still offers some of the best sightlines and environment of all the hockey barns, it just needs another team. Haven't been to Lucas County yet, but planning to make a roadtrip soon. I already like it better than US Bank Arena from the pictures.
January 7, 201015 yr Memphis blows them all out of the water in terms of "urban integration." "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 8, 201015 yr "blows them all out of the water" is a big stretch, and you're probably the only person saying that. Most consider Buffalo, Toledo, and Memphis all at the same level of urban ballparks (meaning top of the class urban integration). Quit hating on Muddy! Newsweek and ESPN aren't blowing hot air. They love the Toledo stadium for good reason. I personally might give Memphis a slight nod for its baseball stadium (it's as good or just a thin hair better than the Mud Hens stadium), but hockey arena? No. What is the Memphis hockey arena? Aren't they in a suburb? The reason I made the statement is because Toledo is leading for both minor league hockey and baseball. Few cities can claim that. And no, we're not comparing The Pyramid to Lucas County Arena due to the fact it's NBA...even then, I still prefer Lucas County Arena. The Pyramid is gimmicky! Lucas County is more old-school. Toledo > Memphass. All Memphis offers that Toledo doesn't are jobs, and even then, Memphis is still ghetto as hell, maybe more ghetto than Toledo. That's saying something! And Beale Street? Toledo could sh!t that out in one summer. And where in Memphis can I see classic lake freighters? The closest you can get to a Great Lakes straight-decker in Memphis is a hideous convey of barges. I rest my case. You have no case. Memphis BBQ > Northwest Ohio. Therefore, Memphis wins. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 8, 201015 yr The new stadium/arena certainly look great and the Walleye are a damn good team this year, however I'd have to say Indianapolis' Victory Field is the crown jewel of minor league ball parks. What makes Victory Field better than Huntington Park, just out of curiosity.
January 8, 201015 yr Nothing beats Memphis BBQ. Not even God. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 19, 201015 yr Huntington puts name on Toledo's new arena Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 2:51 AM By Tim Feran, The Columbus Dispatch Columbus-based Huntington Bancshares has bought naming rights to Toledo's recently built downtown arena. The 267,000-square-foot arena, home to the Toledo Walleye of minor-league hockey, is now called Huntington Center. The six-year, $2.1 million sponsorship agreement includes three additional six-year renewals that would add up to about $11 million, Huntington officials said. Proceeds of the naming-rights and sponsorship agreement will pay down about 10 percent of the $105 million that it cost Lucas County to build the arena, county officials said in a statement. Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/04/17/huntington-puts-name-on-toledos-new-arena.html?sid=101
April 20, 201015 yr I wouldn't complain too much about the Huntington Center name. It could be worse. Much worse. Louisville Downtown Arena Officially Becomes KFC Yum! Center
April 20, 201015 yr I wouldn't complain too much about the Huntington Center name. It could be worse. Much worse. Louisville Downtown Arena Officially Becomes KFC Yum! Center Terrible, just terrible. So many awful stadium names these days (Lucas Oil, Quicken Loans), but L'ville's has got to be the worst. Congrats to Toledo for finally getting a sponsor; there seems to be unanimous love for the new arena in the Glass City.
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