Pro rugby franchise negotiating Aloha Stadium deal for 2021
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports by Ferd Lewis August 26, 2020 Kanaloa Hawaii is seeking eight to 12 dates to bring Major League Rugby competition to Aloha Stadium in 2021. The Oneroa, New Zealand-based owners of the proposed MLR franchise have filed an application for use of the facility and Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan said “a […]
State to name priority developers for New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis August 25, 2020 Updated 11:01 pm The state said it will announce the the names of the three priority-listed developer-led teams for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District after it wraps up loose ends left by the deferral of Senate Bill 2940. Six groups responded in May to the […]
Aloha Stadium’s lot in life changes with no football
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis August 13, 2020 Updated 12:47 am Looking out from the box office it seems like another huge event at Aloha Stadium with row upon row of cars packing the upper and lower Halawa parking lots. But like a lot of things in the COVID-19-tossed world these days, the scene […]
State sells $995M in bonds for capital improvement projects
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii News By Star-Advertiser Staff August 13, 2020 The state said Wednesday it successfully sold $995 million of general obligation bonds and will use the proceeds to finance capital improvements such as the acquisition, construction, and improvement of various public buildings and facilities, elementary and secondary schools, community college and university facilities, public […]
Mountain West sacks University of Hawaii’s football season for fall
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Stephen Tsai August 11, 2020 Updated 11:36 pm The University of Hawaii’s 2020 football season is the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing health and safety concerns, the Mountain West Conference, of which UH is a football-only member, announced on Monday the postponement of its fall-sports schedule. The 12-school league […]
State Sen. Glenn Wakai tells Aloha Stadium Authority that hope is not lost on Bill 2940
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis July 31, 2020 Legislators are looking at two options this summer for reviving a key bill whose deferral in the last session has slowed the progress of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. State Sen. Glenn Wakai (D, Kalihi-Pearl Harbor) told the Aloha Stadium Authority on Thursday he believes […]
Pro rugby franchise on the horizon for Hawaii
Honolulu Star-Advertisr Sports By Ferd Lewis July 21, 2020 Growing up in Honolulu, George Killebrew saw a string of professional sports franchises come and go. Mostly go. Among them was his beloved World Football League entry, The Hawaiians, for whom he served as a ballboy for two seasons only to see the team fold on […]
Delaying Aloha Stadium project could add $20M to its cost
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Cover Story – Sports By Ferd Lewis July 12, 2020 Updated 12:11 a.m. If the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment Project is delayed for a year it could add “at least $20 million” to the eventual price tag, according to estimates. “Every year of delay adds the cost of inflation to the construction cost,” […]
Bill fails for New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis July 10, 2020 The new New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, a project that was pledged to be delivered on time and on budget, will likely be none of those things after a key bill was pronounced dead in the Legislature Thursday due to a “monumental error” in language. With […]
Senate bill paving way for new Aloha Stadium dies in Hawaii Legislature
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports Breaking | Top News By Ferd Lewis July 9, 2020 A bill crucial to the progress of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District suffered an 11th-hour death at the state Legislature, which is sure to delay the project for at least a year and drive up already-escalating costs, lawmakers said today. State […]