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November 7, 2009

Arena was catalyst for roadwork, retail

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – A dozen years ago, the land around the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza was potholed and lined with lifeless culm banks. Easily visible from Interstate 81, the few hundred acres stood as a stark reminder of Luzerne County’s coal mining past.

The former coal strip mining pits were “God-awful,” said Todd A. Vonderheid president of the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry. But that would soon change.

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