Nor has Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic, who said Monday he is disappointed that UA officials are studying the future arena without input from other government agencies or the business community.
From my understanding, these points:
The university has been in conversations, many of them, with the city and Mayor Don. The citys position was, U of A and the city partner, U of A raise the money, city owsn the facility and lease it back to U of A. WTH. What sense does that make Mr. Mayor.
The mayor wants a hockey/multi purpose facility. Studys show, with hockey, basketball fans sit too far back from the court, something KD or no one at the university wants.
Before TW had the study done, TW went and had a personal meeting with Mayor Don and letting him know what he was doing so that the mayor didn't hear it from anyone else or from the media.
Not really sure what the Don means about being disappointed that UA is moving forward on this without input. There have been years of conversations. Yes, the mayor may be disappointed because things are not going HIS way, but stating there has been no input from other government agencies or the business community with the UA is a little far fetched.