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Originally Posted by getbak
3 years until construction makes sense, and fits with the "if we announced it tomorrow, it would be five years until we were playing in the new building" answer from King. Almost every NHL arena went from groundbreaking to grand opening in about 2 years. The Bell Centre was the longest construction, a few months shy of 3 years. The Canadian Tire Centre was built in just over 18 months (one advantage of building in the middle of nowhere).
Three years will give them lots of time to make the deals and have the car dealers and Greyhound station move out. Then, they can break ground in spring/summer of 2018 with puck drop in 2020.
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Wow, I don't want to be one of the negative nancies looking for anything to complain about, and I guess I kind of knew with that area that construction wouldn't be able to start right away, but not even starting for three years?
I gotta say, that's certainly deflating for me personally. I'm still excited to see it, but unlike most cities that get an announcement I'm going to try to put this out of my mind for a few years after the initial excitement of seeing it.
We're not even close. Pretty crazy to think I'll be 35 when even just the arena is done, haha.