Daryl Katz sent yet another letter to the Mayor yesterday, this time declining an invitation to appear before Council to discuss the downtown arena project which is looking doomed. For the only person who can save the project it was an odd choice.
The Katz Group is using relocation to try and leverage a better arena deal. Unfortunately for them that leverage isn't worth a damn and now I think Edmonton City Council should yank the whole deal right off the table.
The Katz Group has asked the City of Edmonton to sweeten an already very sweet deal for the proposed downtown arena. But it's a bluff and Council needs to call that bluff.
With a last place club on the ice, the Oilers have to do a fantastic job away from the ice to provide the fans with good entertainment value for their money. And this is why I was so disappointed to see the Oilers unveil their The Time Is Now... video at the game last Tuesday.
A short photo essay of the Edmonton arena project open house hosted by Katz Group at the Art Gallery of Alberta on Thursday.
