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VOL. 37, NO. 51 DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 CLEVELAND BUSINESS Newsmakers of the Year NEO’s top people, companies and trends of 2016 | Pages 13-20 Entire contents © 2016 by Crain Communications Inc. Illustration for Crain’s by Randy Palmer December 19, 2016 www.ClevelandFoundation.org/Purpose ADVERTISEMENT Turning Passion Into Purpose WITH THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION 2016 American League Champion Cleveland Indians Rally Together for Larry Doby Youth Fund Francona, entire roster, coaches, support staff, and ownership give $1 million to provide assistance and resources to help curb youth violence As the beloved Cleveland Indians had pooled together more than “Larry Doby is geared up for the post-season this fall, $1 million. an icon in our Manager Terry Francona recognized an community, and opportunity to do something amazing. “I think it was the proudest moment in the Cleveland It was workout day prior to the my baseball life,” Francona would later Indians are true American League Division Series, and tell the press. champions for as the players spoke to media and the continuing his civic clubhouse mobilized for a perfect face- The idea arose to name the effort in legacy at all levels of off against Boston, Francona was also honor of Larry Doby, who was the the organization,” busy collecting donation forms from first African-American player in the said Ronn Richard, players and staff for underserved youth major league and the second to break President and CEO in Cleveland. the professional of the Cleveland baseball color Foundation. “By He had reflected barrier. 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The foundation is one of Facebook.com/ClevelandFoundation or @CleveFoundation on Ohio’s largest grantmakers and one of the largest community foundations Twitter and Instagram. in the country, with assets of $2.1 billion and 2015 grants of $95 million. CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS | DECEMBER 19 - 25, 2016 | PAGE 3 Making a full court press for Quicken Loans Arena renovation Artist renderings of the proposed exterior and interior rennovation of Quicken Loans Arena. (Cleveland Cavaliers) Glass wall highlights $140 million public-private proposal for refurbishing aging facility By JAY MILLER rately it turns out — that the arena However, Cleveland city council- injects $245 million in direct spend- man Je Johnson said he’s against it. [email protected] ing annually into the community. “I am not going to vote for it,” he @millerjh First, the $245 million gure is a said in a telephone call. “I believe it’s calculation of spending in 2016. an exciting project but I don’t think In typical Cleveland fashion, the at’s a gure that won’t be achieved the admissions tax should be used. It community’s government, business in future years. Second, it doesn’t should be all private dollars.” and civic leaders are going “All In,” in discount the number for what is e deal also will put a crimp in Cavalierspeak, to sell the planned called substitute spending. the eorts of Destination Cleveland $140 million in renovations at Quick- Asked in an email exchange with to attract visitors at a time when the en Loans Arena to the public. Crain’s to break down that number, organization is trying to sell the city e united community push — and CSL president Bill Rhoda said the g- to vacationers and convention plan- maybe a little overselling — for the $140 ure includes between $40 million ners in the positive glow created by million transformation is designed to and $45 million generated by the Re- the successful GOP convention, the keep the Cavaliers in the building, and publican National Convention. In Indians' World Series trip and, ironi- the city, for the next 18 years. addition, in the text that supports the cally, the Cavaliers winning the Na- e project will put an additional nancial impact analysis that came tional Basketball Association cham- 75,000 square feet of space under up with that $245 million, CSL notes pionship. e organization was long roof, enclosed by a glass curtain wall. that, “it is estimated that approxi- considered underfunded, at about $7 e space will be used to make it eas- mately 25 to 30 percent of the direct million annually and it worked hard ier and quicker for the Cavaliers’ ca- spending … would take place locally over the last decade to raise that. pacity crowds to enter the building, regardless of the presence of the Are- In a telephone call, Dan Walsh, creating more selling space for arena na and Team.” chairman of the convention and visi- concessionaires and more gathering at’s money that would be spent tors bureau, and David Gilbert, the space for Cavs fans. on restaurants, movie theaters or organization’s president, voiced their e plan is for the city and the other entertainment venues instead support for project that would take a county, with the acquiescence of of on basketball tickets and hot dogs little more than $2 million a year — Destination Cleveland, the publicly if the city had no basketball team. $44 million over 18 years — from the funded tourism nonprot, to cover So, subtracting $40 million in RNC annual $16 million budget they use half the $140 million cost of improve- buildings, paid for largely or entirely aging partner of the Squire Patton spending and reducing the direct to promote the region. ments to Quicken Loans Arena with with public money. Boggs law rm, pointed out with spending gure by another $61 mil- “We think the Q renovation is im- the owner of the Cavaliers, the build- It would be hard to nd an econo- pride at the news conference that it’s lion (25% of the $245 million) that portant for the city and important for ing’s prime tenant, paying the rest mist who would agree that spending to the advantage of Cleveland that it would mean that $144 million is a our portfolio,” Walsh said of one of and, importantly, agreeing to pay any $70 million, much less $140 million, is the smallest city with a trifecta of more accurate gure of the future - the major attractions the bureau pro- cost overruns. of public money on a place where teams in three major league sports. nancial impact of Quicken Loans Are- motes. “We denitely are at a peak It’s a major nancial commitment 20,000 people who can aord tickets Meeting with Crain’s Cleveland na on the community.