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MILWAUKEE - Public financial support is needed for a new, multipurpose arena to help stimulate downtown Milwaukee development, the new president of the Bucks said Tuesday. David Price Jersey .At a luncheon sponsored by the Rotary and the Milwaukee Press Club, Peter Feigin said city, county and state support is crucial to build upon what the Bucks hope is a much larger investment in downtown, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1Ao0OTm) reported.While a new arena is expected to cost between $400 million and $500 million, Feigin said it could help bring more than $1 billion in development.We wouldnt get that without assistance, Feigin said.Asked how much land the Bucks would need for a new arena, Feigin said the NBA team wants to have as large a footprint as possible in order to make it as opportunistic as we can.We are putting the pieces together, Feigin said. He said navigating the public-private partnership, and working with the city, county and state can slow the timetable.Bucks owners Wes Edens and Marc Lasry have pledged at least $150 million toward a new arena. Former Sen. Herb Kohl, who sold the team for $550 million, also has pledged $100 million.Feigin said the Bucks have a long way to go to rebuild the relationship with the corporate community in Milwaukee. He said the Bucks have the smallest season-ticket base in the league, an estimated 4,000 holders. That compares with the league average of about 10,000.He said 80 per cent of the franchises season-ticket holders are individually owned, while the remaining 20 per cent are held by corporations, a situation he called horrendous.We want to change Wisconsin, we want to change Milwaukee, we want to build a multifaceted arena that is a magnet for tourism, for revenue, for economic growth, for employment and we want the Bucks to be the catalyst, Feigin said.The Bucks are still in search of an arena site. A number of sites are still in play, including land just north of the Bucks current home at BMO Harris Bradley Center, which is largely controlled by the Bradley Center Sports & Entertainment Corp., which manages the centre.___Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com Brock Holt Jersey . His second visit, not so much. Roark (7-5) allowed four runs on 10 hits and one walk over six innings in a 7-2 setback in front of several friends and family members, as the Cubs snapped his personal streak of four consecutive victories on Friday. Joe Kelly Jersey . -- D.A. Points was disqualified Friday from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for using a training device while waiting to play the 18th hole at Pebble Beach. http://www.officialredsoxfanstore.com/authentic-shane-victorino-red-sox-jersey/ . "I was so nervous," Hadley said Sunday after winning the Puerto Rico Open for his first PGA Tour victory. "I did not eat well last night.LONDON -- Englands Football Association says coach Roy Hodgson will name his World Cup squad on May 12, the day after the Premier League season ends. The squad is expected to be divided into 23 players with seven back-ups, although FIFA regulations require only a 30-man provisional squad to be named by May 13. Blake Swihart Jersey. . The deadline for the final 23-man squad is June 2. Englands first World Cup warm-up match is against Peru on May 30, before further games against Ecuador and Honduras. England will face Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in the group stage. cheap falcons jerseys cheap ravens jerseys cheap bills jerseys cheap bears jerseys cheap bengals jerseys cheap cowboys jerseys cheap lions jerseys cheap texans jerseys cheap colts jerseys cheap jaguars jerseys cheap chiefs jerseys cheap rams jerseys cheap dolphins jerseys cheap vikings jerseys cheap saints jerseys cheap giants jerseys cheap jets jerseys cheap eagles jerseys cheap steelers jerseys cheap 49ers jerseys ' ' '