Quote Originally Posted by masterblaster View Post
This is great that Gilbert is also a catalyst for downtown Cleveland. Gilbert made ALOT of money off of the Lebron James-led Cavaliers that went to the NBA Finals every year from 2015-2018.

He is also funding a huge $100 million renovation of the Cavaliers home arena [[now called the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse) attempting to bring it up to par with the LCA.

He also recently sold his casino in downtown Cleveland.
There was a lot of public backlash against the fieldhouse renovation. Lots of behind the scenes PR from the DG team to pull one over the taxpayers - but that's just de rigueur for urban stadia/arena development nowdays.
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