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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

It stands on the grounds of the old Ohio State Penitentiary - the arena floor sits over the prison's former parking lot, and an insurance company's naming money is the reason Columbus has an NHL team at all. Nationwide Arena, at 200 West Nationwide Boulevard, opened on 9 September 2000 with back-to-back sold-out Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concerts. The financing made league history: after voters rejected public funding, Nationwide Insurance privately financed the 175-million-dollar building - a ...