Monday, July 16, 2007

New Ontario arena gets a design guru


Ontario mayor to test his interior decorating skills ...

With his city's 10,000-capacity, $150 million arena taking shape, Paul Leon travels to Salt Lake City late this month to be involved in a key moment:

Helping choose the decor for Citizens Business Bank Arena.

"We're going to look at furnishings and things," Leon said Thursday, "and make some recommendations" to the council for one of the last major expenditures on the building.

So if you don't like the color of the seats or the paneling in one of the 36 luxury suites ... blame the mayor.

Arena building update, from Leon: "Envisioning is becoming more `in vision.' There's already rebar in the air, curbing for the parking lots is in, some of the footings have been poured and construction is right on schedule."

Ontario's arena will be the first major indoor facility in the Inland Empire and is scheduled for an October 2008 opening. We think it should open to a Lakers exhibition game, and we're going to keep mentioning it until it happens.

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