Which Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist created the name "Ice District" for a $2.5 billion mixed-use sports district in Edmonton, Alberta?
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Ice District Ice District is a $2.5 billion mixed-use sports and entertainment district being developed on 10 ha of land in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta. When completed it will be Canada's largest mixed-use and entertainment district. The developers of the district are the Katz Group and the ONE Development Group. On July 13, 2015, it was announced that the area of the city surrounding the arena from 101 and 104 Street to 103 and 106 Avenue would be referred to as "Ice District" – a name created by Daryl Katz.
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Daryl Katz Daryl Allan Katz (born May 31, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $US 4.14 billion (as of November 2015), Katz was ranked by "Forbes" as the 12th wealthiest Canadian and 534th in the world. The Edmonton-based Katz is founder and chairman of the Katz Group of Companies, one of Canada’s largest privately owned enterprises, with operations in the pharmacy, sports & entertainment, and real estate development sectors. Katz Group owns the Edmonton Oilers, and is leading the development of Rogers Place arena and the Ice District. Katz is a former lawyer, and resides in Edmonton.
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Andy Kyle Andrew Ewing Kyle (October 29, 1889 – September 6, 1971) was a Canadian Major League Baseball outfielder and National Hockey Association defenseman. He was the first person to play both baseball and ice hockey professionally.
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Milton E. Harris Milton E. Harris, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (July 26, 1927 – March 26, 2005) was an American-born Canadian businessman and founder of Harris Steel Group.
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T. Franklin Ahearn Thomas Franklin "Frank" Ahearn (May 10, 1886 – November 7, 1962) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Ahearn is best known as an owner of the original Ottawa Senators National Hockey League (NHL) hockey club and a Canadian Member of Parliament.
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Li Ka-shing Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, JP (born 29 July 1928 in Chaozhou, China) is a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. As of September 2017, Li is one of the wealthiest people in Asia, with an estimated net worth of US$34.4 billion. He is currently the chairman of the board for CK Hutchison Holdings; through it, he is the world's leading port investor, developer, and operator, and the largest health and beauty retailer in Asia and Europe.
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Derek Sanderson Derek Michael Sanderson, nicknamed "Turk", (born June 16, 1946), is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who is now a financial adviser to athletes.
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Calgarypuck Calgary Puck is an online community of ice hockey enthusiasts, primarily supported by fans of the Calgary Flames. Calgary Puck, also known as "CP", is visited by thousands of people every day.The site provides a high level of quality information and discussion through proactive moderation of the board, making it an extremely fast and reliable source for its users and casual browsers alike. Discussions consist of all things related to both the Flames and the National Hockey League. Flames employees, players and local sportswriters have been known to frequent the site, including team President and CEO Ken King, and former player Andrew Ference, both of whom have interacted with members via the forums.
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Alfred Bader Alfred Robert Bader CBE (born April 28, 1924, in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian chemist, businessman, philanthropist, and collector of fine art. He was considered by the "Chemical & Engineering News" poll of 1998 to be one of the "Top 75 Distinguished Contributors to the Chemical Enterprise" during C&EN's 75-year history.
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Edmonton Pedway The Edmonton Pedway system is a network connecting office buildings, shopping centres, and parkades in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It consists of approximately 13 km of year-round climate-controlled underground tunnels, and walkways between the second floors of buildings, approximately 15 ft above ground. The main network connects more than 40 buildings and parkades, and three of the five Edmonton Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations in the downtown area.
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Mattson, Edmonton Mattson is a future neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood was officially named in July 2012 after Norman Mattson, a prominent land surveyor in Alberta.
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Cameron Zubko Cameron Zubko (born 1975) is a Canadian businessman and Chief Operating Officer of Ice Wireless, a Canadian 3G/4G telecommunications company.
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Eric Sprott Eric Sprott (born 1944/45) is a Canadian billionaire businessman.
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Gary Ho Gary Ho is a Taiwanese-born Canadian businessman, humanitarian, and philanthropist. He is a real estate developer and the CEO of the Canadian chapter of the Tzu Chi Foundation, which he established in 1992.
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Patrick LaForge Patrick LaForge (born November 19, 1952) is the former President and CEO of the Edmonton Oilers. He was born in Lac La Biche and raised in Edmonton. LaForge is a distant cousin of Pierre Boivin, former President of the Montreal Canadiens.
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Eli Verschleiser Eli Verschleiser is an American businessman from New York City. He is a financier, philanthropist, real estate developer, and investor in commercial real estate projects.
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Matt Berry, Edmonton Matt Berry is a residential neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is named for aviator Arthur Massey ("Matt") Berry.
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Edward Bronfman Edward Maurice Bronfman, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (November 1, 1927 – April 4, 2005) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
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Dick Patrick Richard “Dick” Patrick (born 1946) is a Canadian-born sports executive. He is the owner, president and alternate governor of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Eric Harvie Eric Lafferty Harvie, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (2 April 1892 – 11 January 1975) was a Canadian lawyer and oilman. Holding mineral rights to large quantities of land in the Edmonton area, Harvie made a fortune after the oil discoveries at Leduc in 1947 and Redwater in 1948. After 1955 Harvie devoted himself primarily to cultural and philanthropic endeavors. He is best remembered as the founder of the Glenbow Museum, which opened in 1966.
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Carl Ice Carl R. Ice is an American businessman. He's been the President of BNSF Railway since November 1, 2010, and President and CEO of since January 1, 2014, succeeding Matthew K. Rose in the role. He started working for the Santa Fe Railroad, which would later be consolidated into BNSF, in 1979.
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Dani Reiss Dani Reiss (born November 7, 1973) is a Canadian entrepreneur, best known for his role as president & CEO of Canadian Arctic luxury apparel company, Canada Goose Inc.