ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The proposed arena at the center of a mixed-use development in Alpharetta would be among the NHL’s largest if built, according to documents.
Jamestown and New York Life, the companies looking to redevelop the site of North Point Mall, submitted a rezoning request to the city Monday.
The request indicates the arena at the center of the redevelopment is planned to hold 20,000 people. If built, that would make the arena the second-largest in the NHL, just behind the Bell Centre in Montreal.
It would also make the arena the largest in metro Atlanta. State Farm Arena can hold about 18,000 people.
The arena is being built with the explicit intent to bring a third hockey team to Atlanta. Atlanta was home to the Atlanta Flames between 1972 and 1980, and the Atlanta Thrashers between 1999 and 2011. The Flames moved to Calgary to become the Calgary Flames and the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg to become the Winnipeg Jets.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has not indicated the league is looking to expand.
The redevelopment would also include a 4,000-seat music hall and performing arts center, a 2,000-seat community hockey rink, a 500-seat movie theater and a 45,000-square-foot hotel conference center, the developers said.
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