Alterations to the project’s design, bad weather and overtime all contributed to higher costs, it said. In March last year, the company began filing a series of change orders, including $238,816 for fireproofing and $30,636 for drywall revisions in the Blues’ space.
Legacy and Summit had pressured Arco to finish “on a nearly-impossible timeline,” Arco executives said in a letter sent last year to Summit, Legacy and the Blues.
“Arco flatly rejects the suggestion that, because Summit and Legacy ‘do not have any more money,’ Arco should ignore executed change orders, reduce our total contract value, and accept substantially less than we are owed,” the letter said.
Quinn, Legacy’s chairman, said he remains optimistic his nonprofit will reach a deal with Arco.
“We are hopeful that will be achieved shortly after the start of the upcoming hockey season,” Quinn said.
This season, Quinn added, over 99% of the facility’s prime-time ice has been booked. He said the ice center hosted the first-ever women’s professional hockey game in St. Louis, a USA Hockey Paralympic camp, and, to come in October, a blind hockey tournament.
Moreover, St. Louis Music Park is already exceeding Legacy’s projections, Quinn said, booking over 30 concerts and public events this summer.
