The city-owned Grossinger Motors Arena needs more financial aid from Bloomington taxpayers.… MORE
Tag Archives: Grossinger Motors Arena
Flying Aces to move first four home games to Peoria
There will be no hockey in Bloomington this weekend as the Central Illinois Flying Aces have been formed to delay their home opener again.… MORE
Arena not ready for Flying Aces home opener
The much-maligned sports arena in downtown Bloomington is receiving another dose of negative publicity.… MORE
Council cautious on BCPA-VenuWorks pact
Bloomington aldermen were less than enthusiastic Monday night about a proposal to hire the company now managing the downtown sports arena to also run the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.… MORE
Flying Aces to delay home opener due to arena work
The Central Illinois Flying Aces announced on Tuesday that its home-opening weekend on Oct. 13-14 will be rescheduled to allow for upgrades to the dasher board and glass system at Grossinger Motors Arena.… MORE
Flying Aces hold training camp in Michigan while arena gets upgrades
The Central Illinois Flying Aces is holding the first week of its preseason training camp at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan.… MORE
Hockey team not just Bloomington’s anymore
Old Team, New name– the Bloomington Thunder is now known as the Central Illinois Flying Aces.… MORE
Bloomington officials defend arena managers 1st year, tout economic impact
Bloomington city officials are putting a positive spin on the financial losses that the new arena management firm racked up in its first year.… MORE
Bloomington arena reports annual $674K loss
Bloomington’s downtown arena lost $674,000 in its first year under new management.… MORE
Aldermen finalize Grossinger downtown arena deal
Bloomington aldermen unanimously support awarding arena naming rights to a local car dealership.… MORE
Blogs
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…