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CTV News
08-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Oilers playoff run gave Edmonton restaurants a boost: Moneris report
Fans watch as the Edmonton Oilers take on the Florida Panthers during Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in Edmonton, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson TORONTO — The Edmonton Oilers failed in their quest to bring the Stanley Cup home, but a new report says their playoff run gave a significant boost to spending at the city's restaurants. The report by payment processor Moneris says spending at restaurants near Rogers Place and across the city was up on game nights when the team was at home. Moneris says spending near the arena was up 58 per cent, while the rest of the city saw a six per cent increase, during the first game of the Stanley Cup final. Game 2, which was also played in Edmonton, saw spending near the rink rise 92 per cent and 10 per cent citywide. Spending for Game 5, which the Oilers lost at home, was up 79 per cent near the arena and up 18 per cent in the rest of Edmonton. The Oilers lost the best-of-seven series in Game 6 in Florida. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 7, 2025.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oilers playoff run gave Edmonton restaurants a boost: Moneris report
TORONTO — The Edmonton Oilers failed in their quest to bring the Stanley Cup home, but a new report says their playoff run gave a significant boost to spending at the city's restaurants. The report by payment processor Moneris says spending at restaurants near Rogers Place and across the city was up on game nights when the team was at home. Moneris says spending near the arena was up 58 per cent, while the rest of the city saw a six per cent increase, during the first game of the Stanley Cup final. Game 2, which was also played in Edmonton, saw spending near the rink rise 92 per cent and 10 per cent citywide. Spending for Game 5, which the Oilers lost at home, was up 79 per cent near the arena and up 18 per cent in the rest of Edmonton. The Oilers lost the best-of-seven series in Game 6 in Florida. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 7, 2025. The Canadian Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Reuters
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Reports: Canucks acquire Vancouver native Evander Kane from Oilers
June 25 - Vancouver native Evander Kane broke news on Wednesday morning, announcing on social media that he is being traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Canucks. While the teams have yet to announce the deal, multiple media outlets reported that the Oilers will receive the Canucks' fourth-round pick in this weekend's NHL draft. Also, Edmonton reportedly will not retain Kane's salary, therefore Vancouver will absorb a $5.125 million cap hit. Kane is entering the final season of a four-year, $20.5 million contract. "As my time with the Edmonton Oilers has now come to a close, I want to take a moment to sincerely thank the entire organization, my teammates, and the incredible community of Edmonton," Kane wrote on X. "To the Oilers Ownership, front office, coaching staff, and trainers -- thank you for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to be a part of such a respected and passionate franchise. Your support meant everything, and I'll always be grateful for the chance to compete in the blue and orange. To my teammates -- thank you for the battles, the friendships, and the memories. "I'll always remember the playoff runs, the highs and lows, and the pride of going to war with a special group of guys. To the fans -- thank you for embracing me and showing unwavering support throughout my time in Edmonton. Rogers Place was always electric, and I'm proud to have played in front of such a passionate hockey city. My family and I have built some incredible relationships that will last forever. "With that said, I'm incredibly excited for the next chapter of my career as I join the Canucks. It's an honor to become part of an organization and team I grew up watching as a kid. Vancouver is a city that lives and breathes hockey, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to play in front of my hometown as I did many years ago as a Vancouver Giant. With appreciation, Evander Kane." Kane, 33, recorded 12 points (six goals, six assists) in 21 playoff games before the Oilers fell to the Florida Panthers in six games in the Stanley Cup Final. He sat out the entire regular season while recovering from multiple surgeries. He had surgery on Sept. 20 to repair two torn hip adductor muscles, two hernias and two torn lower abdominal muscles. He also had arthroscopic knee surgery on Jan. 9. Kane has totaled 617 points (326 goals, 291 assists) in 930 career regular-season games with the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise (2009-15), Buffalo Sabres (2015-18), San Jose Sharks (2018-21) and Oilers. He was selected by the Thrashers with the fourth overall pick of the 2009 NHL Draft. --Field Level Media
CTV News
24-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Edmonton debating whether to extend special downtown tax program
Edmonton Watch A new event park besides Rogers Place in Edmonton is complicating the debate around whether to extend the community revitalization levy. CTV News Edmonton's Jeremy Thompson reports.
CTV News
24-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Funding for $250M event park next to Oilers arena tied to future of city tax levy
One Edmonton councillor is questioning why the city should pay, through a tax levy, for a portion of the downtown event park project announced earlier this year by the province and the organization that runs the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) along with the Alberta government and the City of Edmonton originally laid out plans for the $250-million permanent fan park facility adjacent to Rogers Place in February after the province laid bare spending details in its annual budget. The province has committed nearly $130 million to the Ice District projects if the city pitches in millions of public dollars through the downtown Community Revitalization Levy (CRL). The future of the CRL is a topic of discussion at Edmonton city hall, where council is considering a 10-year extension of it. Since 2015, the CRL has funded parks, infrastructure upgrades and other so-called catalyst projects downtown. The city says they've helped generate nearly $5 billion-worth of public and private investment and development, including Rogers Place, towers downtown and LRT expansion. Fan Park The Oilers Fan Park down the street from Rogers Place on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Jeremy Thompson/CTV News Edmonton) But after the pandemic interrupted that momentum, business leaders and downtown boosters say an extension of the CRL is vital. 'We're talking about $550 million in tax uplift that is coming that would be lost without the extension,' Doug Griffiths, the president and chief executive officer of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, told media on Monday. The permanent event park plus site servicing for homes north of the arena are all on land owned by the OEG. But Griffiths says discussion over the extension of the CRL 'is not about the fan park – one councillor is making this about the fan park – this is about downtown Edmonton and the entire city's fiscal sustainability over the next 20 years.' 'If we want to have a conversation about how to maximize public dollars for public benefit, let's have that in public, but this is not it.' — Michael Janz That councillor is Michael Janz, who says the provincial government and the OEG 'setting up this deal, and then sharing it with Edmontonians … is not how this should go.' 'If we want to have a conversation about how to maximize public dollars for public benefit, let's have that in public, but this is not it,' he told media. The representative for the south-side Ward papastew says the decision over the event park funding should be put to residents in a referendum, separating it from the debate over the CRL, a tax program he otherwise calls beneficial as it would help fund projects such as transit, bridges and beautification efforts along Jasper Avenue. 'The owners can pay for it themselves,' Janz said. 'They don't need Edmontonians to pay for this. We have a lot of other priorities that we need to pay for.' Coliseum The Coliseum in Edmonton in a file photo (CTV News Edmonton.) In a statement to CTV News Edmonton on Monday afternoon, Dan Williams, Alberta's minister of municipal affairs, said the province 'remains committed' to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) it signed with the city regarding the event park funding, which is tied to other funding for city projects, including housing and the demolition of the Coliseum. 'As part of the MOU, we would extend Edmonton's community revitalization levy, which would play a key role in ensuring expanding housing options in downtown and that Edmontonians have year-round access to incredible sports, cultural events, entertainment, and much more,' Williams said. The event park is expected to be the focus of a public hearing on extending the CRL Thursday at city hall.
