Sports Entertainment Complex Canada
In 1996 Linda created a consortium of high power corporate firms for the development of a $70 million dollar facility in the City of Mississauga, Ontario Canada. The first of its kind with a win win situation for the City to involve a Public-Private Ownership.
The development would involve 70 acres of land, a major spectator arena with 3 additional community rinks, a sports complex, hotel, baseball and soccer fields and a major hotel chain. The site included a stream of winter garden's collonade, forest canopy with trails for jogging, vita par-cour, leisure walks "keukenhof" style and an entertainment terrace.
The future bridge would link to a public gardens and another ice complex directly across the street. This site would involve a fountain of pools for the summer which transform to community skating ice rinks in the winter. Visual Axis to the site from major highways 403 and 410 were an added benefit.
ARENA COMPLEX Our $70 million dollar bid was to designed a Major Spectator Sports and Entertainment Facility with a private-public partnership to enhance the identity and international image of the City of Mississauga. The design was exceptionally unique having a commercial food court and outlets. P3 Sports created a a win-win situation for the City and a Major OHL Franchise Teams as the major tenant and a variety of international venues.
Our consortium included several Canadian and US Firms:
- P3 Sports Entertainment
- Project Planning FSC
- Leisure Management International - LMI
- Canadian Corporate Funding
- Keyser Mason and Ball - Richard Devenney
- Scott Abbott - Founder of Trivia Pursuit
- Ernst & Young
- Con-Drain
- The Orlando Corporation
Leisure Management International began operations in 1986 and is one of the premier management companies in the industry. A partnership of four well-known industry leaders, these joint owners represent a combination of industry experience, business acumen and financial resources that are unique in the industry. Together these business leaders' resources stretch in excess of $1 billion. Chairman of the Board - Mike McGee, H.Wayne Huizenga - Chairman of the Board, CEO and Stockholder of Huizenga Holdings, Inc. (Blockbuster Entertainment), Douglas Schnitzer - CEO and founding partner partner of Senterra Development and Morton Cohn - Founder of Houston Warner Cable Franchise and Cash America. LMI as an industry leader is the firm representing NHL Nashville Arena and several other major spectator arenas with well over 20,000 seating capacity throughout the United States.
The main stream of this proposal was a private/public partnership.
The Illustrative Concept is shown below:
