All Net Resort and Arena

All Net Resort and Arena
Address 2601 Las Vegas Blvd South
Location Las Vegas Strip
Winchester, Nevada
Coordinates 36°08′27″N 115°09′30″W / 36.140898°N 115.158320°W / 36.140898; -115.158320Coordinates: 36°08′27″N 115°09′30″W / 36.140898°N 115.158320°W / 36.140898; -115.158320
Owner Jackie Robinson
Operator Comcast-Spectacor
Capacity 22,800 (estimated)
Construction
Broke ground 28 October 2014
Opened 2019 (2019)
Construction cost $1.4 million (estimated)
Architect Cuningham Group
Website
Official website

All Net Resort and Arena is a planned entertainment complex in Las Vegas. A project of businessman and former basketball player Jackie Robinson, the complex would encompass a resort hotel, a retail and restaurant streetscape, and a multi-purpose indoor arena with a retractable roof. Its location is set on the Strip at the former site of a Wet 'n Wild waterpark, next to the SLS Las Vegas in Winchester, Nevada. Designed by the Cuningham Group, it is planned to open in 2017,[1] but is delayed until 2018 or 2019.[2]

History

Silver State Arena

The idea of turning the abandoned site of a Wet 'n Wild waterpark on Las Vegas Boulevard into a stadium begun in 2010, as Texas-based developer Chris Milan revealed plans for a "Silver State Arena". Milan's company International Development Management would get the 27-acre land from Sue Lowden and her husband Paul, and atop build a 20,000-seat stadium at the cost of $750 million, using about $9 million a year in redevelopment district taxes.[3] The project stalled after had Clark County rejected a proposal to fund 15% of the venue with public money and nearby residents opposed construction.[4] By the following year, the site was changed to nearby the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where Milam would create a whole sports complex that included new ballpark for the Las Vegas 51s.[5] The plans came to nothing and Milam "walked away" from the baseball deal.[6] Another plan where the Silver State Arena would be near the M Resort in Henderson, financed by Chinese bank partners,[7] but these plans also went nowhere.[8]

All Net Resort & Arena

On 2013, businessman Jackie Robinson, a former UNLV student and NBA player, announced that he was planning on using the same site of the proposed Silver State Arena to build the All Net Resort and Arena, a $1.4 billion privately funded complex encompassing an arena, hotel and shopping project near the SLS Las Vegas and Turnberry Towers that could attract an NBA franchise to Las Vegas.[9] The arena itself would cost $670 million, being operated by Comcast-Spectacor (owners of another NBA stadium, Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center).[10] Designed by the Cuningham Group, it is planned to open in 2017,[11] but is delayed until 2018 or 2019.[12] The 22,800 arena would only be smaller than one arena of the NBA, The Palace of Auburn Hills.[13] The All Net Arena saw its ground breaking ceremony on October 29, 2014,[14] and Robinson wanted to negotiate with Clark County expecting to begin construction.[15] However, given the terrain is not Robinson's own and the project hit financing problems, it was still on limbo by the end of 2015.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cuningham Group".
  2. ↑ Karp, Hannah. "Las Vegas Betting New Venue Hits Jackpot". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Developer touts 20,000-seat arena". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  4. ↑ Case Keefer. "Las Vegas’ history filled with failed stadium, arena projects". LasVegasSun.com.
  5. ↑ Ralston, Jon (May 6, 2011). "Texan closer to bringing arena complex to Las Vegas, signs contract for 51s". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ Reichard, Kevin (September 8, 2011). "Vegas sports complex moves forward – but baseball now on the back burner". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved November 12, 2014. When developer Chris Milam announced a purchase of the Las Vegas 51s (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) in May, baseball was a centerpiece of the proposed development, with a plan for a 51s ballpark that could be expanded potentially in the future for an MLB team. But that’s been changed, as Milam has decided to deemphasize baseball and walked away from a purchase of the 51s; the team is back on the market.
  7. ↑ "Funding Pact Brings Nevada Arena Step Closer to Kick-Off".
  8. ↑ ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Milam's creditors sue BLM over Henderson land deal". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  9. ↑ Richard N. Velotta. "Another arena proposed for the Las Vegas Strip". LasVegasSun.com.
  10. ↑ ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Ground breaking near for $1.4 billion Strip arena complex". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  11. ↑ "Cuningham Group".
  12. ↑ Karp, Hannah. "Las Vegas Betting New Venue Hits Jackpot". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  13. ↑ Adam Fromal. "Former NBA Player Jackie Robinson Proposes Plan for Las Vegas Arena". Bleacher Report.
  14. ↑ ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Arena builder takes shot at landing NBA for Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  15. ↑ ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "Developer Robinson still pursuing arena development issues". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  16. ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal. "Whatever happened to these Southern Nevada newsmakers in 2015?". Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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