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http://nypost.com/2016/04/08/hartfords-xl-center-set-to-get-250m-facelift/
A Hartford, Conn., development agency has hired architects to renovate the 41-year-old XL Center arena, The Post has learned.
The Capital Region Development Authority, which implements Hartford-area projects, has hired BBB Architects — the same firm that handled the $1 billion renovation of Madison Square Garden — to spruce up the 16,294-seat arena.
“We have retained them to start the work,” CRDA Executive Director Michael Freimuth told The Post.
The arena was home to the NHL’s Hartford Whalers until 1997, when they moved to North Carolina; today the team is known as the Carolina Hurricanes.
The CRDA plans on undertaking a $250 million renovation of the arena, but has not yet raised the funds to pay for such upgrades.
Although the CRDA has failed to attract public funding for the renovation, talks have accelerated with private investors, sources said.
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy has publicly said he supports the idea of renovating the arena.
The XL Center is home to the Hartford Wolf Pack, a New York Rangers farm team, where professional hockey star Steve Avery played in 2008.
It is also home to the University of Connecticut’s hockey team, and many of the university’s basketball games.
A Hartford, Conn., development agency has hired architects to renovate the 41-year-old XL Center arena, The Post has learned.
The Capital Region Development Authority, which implements Hartford-area projects, has hired BBB Architects — the same firm that handled the $1 billion renovation of Madison Square Garden — to spruce up the 16,294-seat arena.
“We have retained them to start the work,” CRDA Executive Director Michael Freimuth told The Post.
The arena was home to the NHL’s Hartford Whalers until 1997, when they moved to North Carolina; today the team is known as the Carolina Hurricanes.
The CRDA plans on undertaking a $250 million renovation of the arena, but has not yet raised the funds to pay for such upgrades.
Although the CRDA has failed to attract public funding for the renovation, talks have accelerated with private investors, sources said.
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy has publicly said he supports the idea of renovating the arena.
The XL Center is home to the Hartford Wolf Pack, a New York Rangers farm team, where professional hockey star Steve Avery played in 2008.
It is also home to the University of Connecticut’s hockey team, and many of the university’s basketball games.
