$129.8 million basketball arena that will contain 15,000 seats and a 1,500 car parking garage.
Project Start: April 2003
What's Done: Restoration of Emmet Street Dell area, major structural work on the parking garage and arena, as well as a significant amount of mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough-in work.
In Progress: Arena's roofing structure, placing of concrete block wells and a mechanically-stabilized earth-retaining wall in front of the arena's main entrance, in addition to continued mechanical, electrical and plumbing installations.
What's Next: Completion of arena roof and a trasnsition structure from the arena to yet-to-be built practice courts.
Estimated Completion Date: June 2006
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