Published 8/14/2008
by Eric Kuzmiak
at Bleacher Report - NHL
Thursday afternoon, the Penguins finally took the first significant step in constructing the new arena that they will call home for at least the next 30 years.
CEO Ken Sawyer, Team President David Morehouse, and owner Mario Lemieux of the Penguins' organization were joined by Pennsylvania's Governor Ed Rendell (who pretended to be remotely concerned about the western half of the state for a day), County Executive Dan Onorato, and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl as a ground breaking ceremony took place at the site of the new arena, which is scheduled to open before the 2010-11 NHL season begins.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place at what was determined to be the future site of center ice of the Pens' new rink. The total size of the arena site encompasses about eight acres, and the arena is expected to stand six levels high, occupying somewhere in the ballpark of 720,000 square feet, a size that is 300,000 square feet larger than Mellon Arena.
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