RAVE President Updates Us On Probable BMO Center Upgrades
With a story as important locally as the Ice Hogs changing ownership, there is going to be a little confusion. We had one of the guys in charge clear things up for us.
Craig Thomas is the president of RAVE (Rockford Area Venues and Entertainment Authority), the organization in charge of the BMO center. We thank him for his time today.
The Ice Hogs are officially up for sale and the likely purchaser will be the Chicago Blackhawks. They need to officially accept bigs for two weeks after announcing the proposal, but all signs point to the Ice Hogs NHL parent organization to being the next ones in charge.
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ROCKFORD The organization that owns the Rockford IceHogs and oversees the operation of the BMO Harris Bank Center is exploring the possibility of selling a majority stake of the team to the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom the team has been affiliated for 15 years.
The Rockford Area Venues and Entertainment Authority is scheduled to meet Wednesday to formally issue a request for proposals to purchase the IceHogs and to enter into a long-term agreement for the team to continue to play as an American Hockey League franchise at the BMO.
The goal of such a deal would be to keep the IceHogs in Rockford for years to come, according to RAVE Board Chairman Craig Thomas.
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ROCKFORD City officials could tap $250,000 in state capital improvement funding secured by state Sen. Steve Stadelman to install boat docks this summer at Davis Park in downtown.
Stadelman said he views the addition of boat docks as an incremental step toward activating a park with the potential to serve as a central gathering and entertainment hub of the city. And it builds off momentum created last year by the opening of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront before the pandemic brought the hospitality industry to a halt. There is a lot of excitement among people in this community about that development, Stadelman said. Before COVID hit and even in the summer when there was limited occupancy they would go to the hotel, eat on the rooftops and they would be real excited about this project and they could really envision what downtown Rockford can become.