Word: arena
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...group whose interests diverge from those of the ghetto and black leaders. Says black Miami Businessman David Fincher, a registered Democrat: "Democrats think we are still on our knees begging and praying. I'm looking for anyone to deliver what we need to be good Americans in the arena of free enterprise. If Republicans are serious, I'm sure I will go to them." Additionally, differences between Democrats and Republicans are blurring somewhat as both parties endorse policies that do not call for massive spending, such as tax reductions for businesses that hire the hard-to-employ. Still...
Barely six hours earlier, the arena in Hartford, Conn., had echoed with the cheers of 5,000 fans watching an evening college basketball game. Now it lay in ruins. Said Restaurateur Frank Parseliti, owner of one of the 50-odd small businesses situated in the-$70 million civic center complex that was built only three years ago: "It looks like a big meteorite crashed in the middle of the coliseum." With a terrifying roar, the 2½-acre, 1,400-ton steel-latticed roof of the deserted arena had collapsed under the weight of 4.8 in. of wet snow...
...hurt in the accident. But they were shaken, since the civic center was the symbol of the city's downtown renewal, and the 12,500-seat coliseum was the cynosure of the complex. Home of the World Hockey Association's New England Whalers, the arena was also the site of other sporting events, concerts and conventions. As a result of the roofs collapse, more than 300 scheduled events will have to be canceled; in the 1½ to two years that may be needed to rebuild the structure, the local chamber of commerce estimates that business losses could...
...Games. Nearby Mount Van Hoevenberg boasts North America's only bobsled run plus Olympic cross-country skiing courses. Neighboring Whiteface Mountain rises 4,867 ft, and its icy trails can test the knees and nerves of any Olympian. Moreover, the village still has, and uses, the ice arena built for the 1932 Games...
...Lake Placid is using $58 million in federal money and $13 million in state funds to upgrade old facilities and build some new ones. The plan calls for installing refrigeration on the bob run; providing snowmaking equipment up to the top of Whiteface; and refurbishing and expanding the ice arena...