RIP:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/demolition-most-hara-arena-will-start-soon/DHJqxAWuMQqvbcLclyQtWK/March 09, 2020
Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer
Michael Heitz, the developer of the Hara Arena property, said Monday that sometime in the next two to three months, demolition of about two-thirds of the tornado-damaged property should begin.
Heitz said he is putting together a legal description of the recently rezoned former entertainment property, with an environmental report and surveys, for JobsOhio. He expects JobsOhio, the state's private jobs creation arm, to put its marketing muscle behind the 130-acre site, to help him find a future user.
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“There’s no chance we’re going to bring back Hara Arena,” Heitz said, anticipating a question he says he hears often. “People have been after me. ‘When are you going to reopen that?’ There is absolutely no chance at all that we’re going to bring back Hara Arena. There’s just no market for it.”
In fact, the familiar arena section of the property will likely have to come down, due to the destruction wrought by the tornado.