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Put it on the ballot again, it will pass.
I think putting this type of false information/false ideas out there hurts the project, because it gives some people a false alternative option that they want to get behind instead of the real project that could actually happen. Maybe Duke can clarify how he thinks this could possibly work?, but this doesn't seem to be even remotely possible due to the following reasons:
1.) The UT system owns the Don. The City of El Paso is not going to issue bond debt and service that debt obligation for decades, just to then turn around and invest that bond money into a property that they don't even own. Wouldn't that also be illegal?
2.). The judge states that the money can not be spent on a sports arena, yet the Don is the exact definition of a sports arena. Just look up and see the scoreboard, banners, and jerseys hanging from the ceiling. There is no way that the Don could ever be considered something other than a sports first arena and the Judge directly said no to a sports arena.
3.). The bond was voted for and passed. The city is now required by law to execute this project. The project also tied it's location to downtown, the judge even ruled on this. The Don is not located downtown.
4.) The City of El Paso will recieve tax benefits(up to $27 million over 10 years)by building the arena within a certain number of feet within the convention center. The Don is not close enough to the convention center and El Paso would lose that money if we built there.
5.). If they "re-did" the Don, then the City would have to split any future concert/venue profits with UT/UTEP. Why would the City of El Paso want to spend $180 million to renovate UTEP's arena and then also have to split the profits with them?
6.). The city has already spent $15 million acquiring the land for this Arena. If they don't build in Durango, then we have to either demolish that neighborhood that we already bought or waste millions more bringing those terrible run down buildings up to code. Most of those 100 year old buildings need new plumbing, completely new electrical, they all have to be brought up to ADA compliance with the law. We would have to waste millions in infrastructure on them before we even started spending the money to make their exteriors look decent. I don't want the city wasting our tax money repairing those non-historic dump buildings simply because we got stuck with them due to a change in site.
When she said you could hold boxing in a theatre by putting the ring on the stage. That was the craziest shit I've ever heard. She obviously doesn't know what she's talking about. If that's the case we might as well host fights at the Abraham Chavez Theatre.
The only fight I can recal that was held in a theatre was Rigondeaux/Donaire and that was in Radio City Music Hall.
I hope the city wins this court case. Its disappointing we are so close and these people can potentially derail it on some wording.
You're hard core.I screw it and build it then.
The judge said it'll likely be appealed, which indicates to me the city is going to lose this round.
Somebody answer me this: Why does El Paso need a new arena? We already have the Abraham Chavez Theater, the Plaza Theater, the Don Haskins Center and the Coliseum. What will building a new arena do for the city?