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[QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3881424, member: 34"]
As a non-resident and non-taxpayer, I'd vote for a complete redo.  You can only put so much lipstick on the pig.  Ideally you'd work a land swap for one of the parking lots near XL and The Dunk and build the new arena while XL gets used for its last year or two.  Once the new arena is up and running destroy the XL and give it to whomever you took the property from to build the new arena.

It's going to cost money and it's probably going to require using eminent domain. And a public project which will be used by the public in Hartford and throughout the state is a proper use of eminent domain.

This really isn't different than any mechanical thing that wears down over time.  If you are on top of your finances you plan the depreciation and plan ahead for the replacement.  We talk about it in all the "I'm looking for a new car" threads where we all know it's always less expensive to do a repair on a car that's paid off than it is to buy a new or newer car.  But eventually you need to replace an arena.  45 years from the XL is plenty long enough.
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