Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance approves of the Mayor’s Second Amended Application for the Arena District Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (“Arena District DORA”) and authorizes the Mayor, or his designee, to amend the Memorandum of Understanding with AD DORA LLC for the continued management, operation and maintenance of the DORA.
Ordinance No. 2088-2021 approved of the Mayor’s First Amended Application to create the Arena District DORA, and authorized the Mayor, or his designee, to execute an MOU with AD DORA, LLC for the operation and maintenance of the DORA. The Arena District DORA was first activated on September 25, 2021. The original amended application previously activated the DORA on Game Days which is currently defined in that application as:
· All home Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Clippers, and Columbus Crew game days starting three (3) hours prior to the start of the game and continuing until 11:59 PM on that same day (each, a Game Day).
After more than a year of activation and usage, there is a need and desire to once again amend the application along with the MOU, to provide consistency to the participating business establishments in the District, and to the patrons and participants, as to when the DORA is activate. The second amendment to the application is to activate the DORA not only on home-team game days, but also when other events (such as concerts, tournaments, exhibition games, etc.) occur at any of the three following venues: Nationwide Arena, Huntington Park, and Lower.com Field. This will help to alleviate confusion around when the DORA is, or is not, active. Upon approval of the second amended application, the term “Game Day” will be defined as:
· All days when a game or other event is being held at any of the sporting venues currently known as Nationwide Arena, Huntington Park, and Lower.com Field, starting three (3) hours prior to the start of the game or event and continuing until 11:59 PM on that same day (each,...
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