[Fourlanders] FW: [DrakeARC] Dayton Hara Arena tackling financial struggles

[Ron Rogers]

And we wonder why they don't fix up the place so the Hamvention has a better
place !!! 

 

Karen Wampler does make a good point about the downtown conference and
convention centers that were built and supported via government grant money
and on going "penny sales taxes" while the Hara Arena is a privately owned
venue that follows the usual "Profit & Loss" business model.  Ever since
Dayton lost the Dayton Gems hockey team that played at Hara Arena, the
Wampler family has struggled to keep the Hara Arena facility in the black. 

 

And now there's frequent talk about the Montgomery Co. Fairgrounds on the
south side of Dayton being sold and a new fairgrounds (complete with
multiple modern buildings and huge parking facilities) may be built north of
the Hara Arena in a part of the county near the airport and I-70. Rumor has
it that the new fairgrounds would be designed and built to accommodate
different large activities there,  and not just the annual county fair. 

If that happens, you KNOW that DARA would certainly have to look at moving
Hamvention there eventually.     

 

Ron

WW8RR

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Hara Arena tackling financial struggles



http://wdtn.com/2014/12/02/layoffs-at-hara-arena-struggling-to-stay-afloat/

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