A second person has pleaded guilty and sentenced to probation in a scheme to defraud Bloomington’s city government of revenue generated from the city-owned indoor sports arena. … MORE
Tag Archives: Grossinger Motors Arena
City draws cultural district boundaries, leaves out downtown arena
Bloomington has mapped out the boundaries for its cultural district, but Grossinger Motors Arena is not part of the district.… MORE
Council backs agreement to limit arena losses
Bloomington aldermen, tired of owning a downtown arena that’s hemorrhaging taxpayer dollars, took action Monday night aimed at reducing those losses.… MORE
Arena contract change aims to limit taxpayer losses
Bloomington’s city government is looking to limit the amount of money its losing from owning Grossinger Motors Arena.… MORE
After Flying Aces leave the ice, arena manager sees chance to attract larger audience
The executive director of the firm running the city-owned Grossinger Motors Arena in Downtown Bloomington is optimistic she’ll be able to book events that will draw larger crowds than for the hockey team that announced Thursday evening it won’t play next season.… MORE
City to buy new Zamboni for downtown arena ice
A new Zamboni will soon resurface the ice at city government-owned Grossinger Motors Arena and the Pepsi Ice Center.… MORE
Esports tournament coming to Central Illinois
Grossinger Motors Arena is set to host a not so typical sporting tournament for central Illinois.… MORE
Bloomington’s Gleason: Selling arena, management change among options to reduce the ‘bleeding’
The executive director of the firm running the taxpayer-funded Grossinger Motors Arena told the Bloomington City Council Monday night the best the city can hope for is that the downtown Bloomington venue will lose about a $500,000 a year. Bloomington’s new city manager, Tim Gleason, said neither the aldermen who inherited the arena or the community should be satisfied with those results.… MORE
City saddled by arena’s latest ‘in the red’ financial data
The city government-owned downtown Bloomington sports arena lost hundreds of thousands of dollars during the last fiscal year, but losses were slightly less than the previous year.… MORE
Former downtown arena chief seeks venue change in theft trial
The president and CEO of Central Illinois Arena Management, which used to run the former U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Downtown Bloomington, believes he can not get a fair trial in McLean County on charges he stole taxpayer money.… MORE
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Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…