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In Detroit, Louis Aguilar noted the "cost to build" the proposed Henry Ford Health System-Detroit Pistons Performance Center is expected to be more than $83M. The updated estimate cost is "among the new details of the joint venture." The Pistons facility is expected to cost $58M and team owners "will pay" for it. The Henry Ford Health portion would cost about $10M and will be "paid for by the health system." A proposed 400-space parking structure would cost $15M and be "jointly owned and operated by Henry Ford and Palace Sports & Entertainment" (DETROIT NEWS, 3/23).

IF YOU BUILD IT: Senators Owner Eugene Melnyk is hopeful negotiations with the National Capital Commission on building a new arena at Lebreton Flats will be "completed before the end of the year, and he has repeated that getting a downtown arena is paramount." Melnyk: "I'm hoping that this is negotiated throughout this year and completed this year. It’s got to be, and then we move to a very rapid process of getting approvals and building. It’s going to be gorgeous." He added, "We need to move things downtown, if it’s Ottawa it’s got to be downtown" (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 3/23).

PARKING THE BEAR: In Chicago, John Byrne notes Mayor Rahm Emanuel got the City Council to "approve an increase to $4 an hour" for parking meter charges in Wrigleyville. The previous cost was $2. City CFO Carole Brown said that she "wanted to increase street parking in Wrigleyville from $2 to $12 per hour during games and concerts at the park this year. For '17, the hike will "only take place in Wrigleyville" where metered parking will increase "for seven hours starting two hours before Cubs games and concerts at the ballpark." City Alderman Tom Tunney said the hike to $4 is "a big deal." However, some Wrigleyville residents were "charging $100 for parking in their garages during games while the Cubs were making their run to the World Series" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 3/24).

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