OCVibe Approved by Anaheim City Council.

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Honda Center set for privately funded, $1.1B reno

Anaheim Ducks owner Henry Samueli is privately funding a $1.1B renovation of Honda Center to be completed before the venue hosts the LA28 Summer Olympics' volleyball competition.

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

$1 Billion additional renovation.

 

[TP2000]

Honda Center set for privately funded, $1.1B reno

Anaheim Ducks owner Henry Samueli is privately funding a $1.1B renovation of Honda Center to be completed before the venue hosts the LA28 Summer Olympics' volleyball competition.

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

$1 Billion additional renovation.

That is fabulous news. The arena was definitely looking dated and very 90's lately. A cool Billion ought to fix that nicely.

And good to hear it will be done with six months to spare before the Summer Olympics.

This should also help get OCVibe development going faster than its glacial pace. There are Woonerfs to be built!

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[Jiggsawpuzzle35]

That is fabulous news. The arena was definitely looking dated and very 90's lately. A cool Billion ought to fix that nicely.

And good to hear it will be done with six months to spare before the Summer Olympics.

This should also help get OCVibe development going faster than its glacial pace. There are Woonerfs to be built!

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And it’s privately funded. You’ll get those far left people still complaining about wasting money when the city is paying zero dollars. I’ve already seen some of the comments online. They’ll complain about everything.

 

[Nirya]

The comparison between the Samuelis and Arte Moreno across the street is just night and day.

 

[Jiggsawpuzzle35]

The comparison between the Samuelis and Arte Moreno across the street is just night and day.

It’s a shame Disney didn’t package both teams when they sold them off. I would have forced the Samuelis to buy the team.

 

[truecoat]

And it’s privately funded. You’ll get those far left people still complaining about wasting money when the city is paying zero dollars. I’ve already seen some of the comments online. They’ll complain about everything.

Yeah, never stop complaining about the most trivial things.

 

[NobodyElse]

Here's an LA Times piece from yesterday:

Commentary: Ducks unveil $1-billion arena renovation, stress-free parking. But can either OC team win?

The work being done to Honda Center stands in stark contrast to the current stalemate between the city of Anaheim and the Angels over the future of Angel Stadium.

www.latimes.com

They marvel at the new parking innovations...

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No more cars inching forward to the parking attendant. No more shuffling through your wallet for cash or a credit card. No more scrolling through your phone to find that bar code, or scrambling through your glove compartment to find that parking pass.

Just drive right in and enjoy the show.

“We think this will get people in 20 to 30 minutes faster,” said Bill Foltz, chief executive officer of OC Sports and Entertainment.

“Parking is the first thing you see when you are coming to a concert or a sporting event, and getting out of there is the last thing you remember. So we are working really hard to make sure both of those things are great experiences.”

And...

Truth be told, Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli would have spent the money anyway. They previously committed $4 billion to the OC Vibe development now under construction around the Honda Center, with a performance hall, restaurants, a food hall and park scheduled to open next year, with homes, hotels and offices and additional entertainment venues to follow.


It is all of that — the district around the arena — that shaped the parking policy. Whether you stop by to watch the Ducks, see a concert, grab dinner or simply meet friends for a stroll, the policy is the same.

“What we’re trying to do is eliminate that transaction that everybody has when you’re pulling into a parking lot,” Foltz said. “You are just going to pull in.”

And finally...

That doesn’t mean you won’t pay a fee to access the general parking lots for a game or a concert, but the fee will be part of what Foltz called an “all-inclusive” ticket price.

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No mention of those issues we've already brought up:

Walking in from a local hotel or elsewhere? You're paying for parking.
Utilizing public transportation, like at the adjacent ARTIC or Uber/Lyft/Taxi? You're paying for parking.
Carpooling with five other ticket-holders in your pal's Suburban? You're ALL paying for parking.

 

[TP2000]

The comparison between the Samuelis and Arte Moreno across the street is just night and day.

No kidding. And Mayor Sidhu had to find out the hard way.

Disgraced Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu Sentenced to Two Months in Prison

Friday’s sentencing stems from former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu destroying records around the now-dead Angel Stadium land sale and lying to federal officials about a helicopter he bought to evade taxes.

voiceofoc.org

 

[TP2000]

And it’s privately funded. You’ll get those far left people still complaining about wasting money when the city is paying zero dollars. I’ve already seen some of the comments online. They’ll complain about everything.

Great point! That this is privately funded is wonderful. I can only imagine though some of the young'uns complaining that the Samueli family should "Pay their fair share!" or whatever the current rallying cry is at DSA conventions.

I can, and certainly have, made fun of OCVibe in the past. Mainly because of the cringey and clunky first pass of marketing they did for it several years ago. It wasn't as bad as the ridiculous word salad that the Disney Parks Blog belched out about Downtown Disney's remake a few years ago, but it was a close second. But in all honesty, I wish the entire OCVibe project team well.

That ridiculous ARTIC blob across the street built at a huge loss for a California bullet train that will never arrive is a problem for the greater area, but the rest of the plan seems wise. Especially now that they've scaled back all the office space in OCVibe version 1.0 and replaced them mostly with 1,500 condos and apartments in version 2.0.

The Honda Center was looking very 1990's to our 2020's eye, so it's good it's getting a Billion dollar makeover. It needs it.