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Planning Begins On 4,300-Seat Arena

DODGE CITY, KS-Global Entertainment Corp. has gotten the go ahead to plan for its $42 million Dodge City Events Center.

By Amy Wolff Sorter | Updated on January 28, 2009

DODGE CITY, KS-Global Entertainment Corp. has received approval from the local city council and Ford County officials to start the ball rolling on the 4,300-seat Dodge City Event Center. The project is moving into design phase, and could break ground by the end of 2009 at an approximate cost of $42 million.

The Dodge City Events Center will be directly adjacent to Butler National Corp.’s planned 400-acre Boot Hill Casino and Resort, a destination entertainment resort along U.S. Highway 50. Ivan Moore, director of business development with Tempe, AZ-based Global Entertainment’s construction arm Global Properties 1 tells GlobeSt.com the city and county will buy approximately 33 acres from Butler National for the arena.

The event center will differ from the Tempe, AZ-based developer’s other projects in Wentachee, WA; Allen, TX and Independence, MO in that it won’t automatically be home to a Central Hockey League team. “This isn’t a CHL market, though another hockey tenant is to be determined,” Moore explains. “We’ve also had a good amount of interest from soccer, other hockey leagues and indoor football for that building.” He adds that the entire project, from design phase to completion, will likely take between 20 and 24 months.

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