GETTY IMAGE: Cleveland City Council will officially vote next Monday on renovations at Quicken Loans Arena. Monday night, the Council voted in favor of the deal, but did not secure enough “yes” votes to enact it as an emergency measure. Next week, supporters will bring it back for a third reading and final vote. Last […]
GETTY IMAGES: Tuesday evening, the Cuyahoga Council approved the proposed funding for renovations to Quicken Loans Arena. The measure passed by an 8-3 vote. The $140 million project will add more public space to the arena and enclose it in a glass envelope. The hope is that the renovations will relieve concourse bottleneck problems, provide […]
Members of various Cleveland-area churches boarded buses Tuesday and headed to Detroit to try and find Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. They are concerned that Cuyahoga County Council could soon spend $140 million to renovate the Quicken Loans Arena where the Cavs play. The crowd, which included about 200 people, would like […]
CLEVELAND – A group of community and faith leaders are traveling to Detroit on Tuesday to demand what they believe is a fair deal when it comes to the proposed upgrades at Quicken Loans Arena. Members of Greater Cleveland Congregations and Detroit Regional Interfaith Voice of Equity plan to request a meeting with Cavs owner […]
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A $140 million transformation is coming to Quicken Loans Arena. County Executive Armond Budish, Mayor Frank Jackson, and officials from both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Destination Cleveland made the announcement Tuesday during a news conference at The Q. Officials said the Cavs approached the city several months back, asking if they […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Lake Erie Monsters are now the Cleveland Monsters. Fresh off their first Calder Cup Championship, the team made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon. Mike Ostrowski, COO of the Lake Erie Monsters, said as the Monsters enter their 10th anniversary, there was no better way to incorporate the city of Cleveland even further into the […]
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Officials for the republican National Convention tell Cleveland 19 that about halfway through the shortest time frame for transitioning the Q from a basketball arena to the site of a political convention the task is more than halfway complete. 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Deputy Press Secretary for the RNC told Cleveland 19 […]
CLEVELAND – If you love Kanye like Kanye loves Kanye, you’re in luck. Kanye West has just announced dates for the Saint Pablo Tour and Cleveland will be his first stop in October. West is scheduled to play Quicken Loans Arena Oct. 1, the second of two stops in Ohio. (He’ll play Columbus Sept. 25.) […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers’ playoff run suddenly has Beliebers very worried. Game 5 of the first round of the NBA playoffs is scheduled to be in Cleveland April 26, if necessary. Justin Bieber’s Purpose World Tour is also scheduled at Quicken Loans Arena April 26. Baby, baby, baby, no! The Bieber concert is scheduled […]
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald made a major announcement Thursday regarding the distribution of public revenues for Cleveland’s three major sports facilities – FirstEnergy Stadium, Progressive Field, and Quicken Loans Arena. Sources say Fitzgerald wants to make the distribution plan performance-based. In other words the better the team does, […]