After viewing the videos of each Arena proposer's presentation (links to the two presentations are provided in the Introduction), please provide us with any questions you may have, or any issues you believe need to be addressed.

On Nov. 8, 2013, the city received an unsolicited private proposal from the W.M. Jordan Company, HKS Sports & Entertainment, and Global Spectrum to build a sports and entertainment arena at the Oceanfront, near the Virginia Beach Convention Center. On Nov. 12, the City Council discussed the proposed Virginia Beach Arena (VBA) in general terms and authorized City Manager James Spore to accept the proposal for further study. The council agreed to allow 90 days for competing private proposals to be submitted. On Feb. 17, the city received one additional arena proposal from a consortium of United States Management LLC, AECOM Architects, Clark Nexsen Architects, Mortenson Construction, SB Ballard Construction and SMG.

A Virginia Beach arena city task force will now conduct a thorough review of these conceptual proposals and will brief the City Council at a future date. The council may choose one or more proposals for further discussion with the companies. In addition, the Arena Citizens Communications Committee conducted a public meeting on Mar. 24 during which both proposers presented their concepts. Parts of the proposals have been withheld at the request of the companies, in keeping with the Virginia Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002, or PPEA. To read Virginia Beach’s procedures for proposals received under PPEA, CLICK HERE.

The questions and issues submitted by citizens will be provided to the arena task force, a group of city staff that will review both proposals and make a recommendation to City Council. The task force will consider the questions as they are performing their analysis and factor them into their decision-making process.

For additional information, visit the Arena Proposals Website.

Arena Proposal Video Presentations:

• United States Management arena presentation (run time 34:51)
• W.M. Jordan arena presentation (run time 26:58)