The battle lines are entrenched between:
Against: they’re for historical preservation and against spending so much $$$ and further burdening taxpayers. They think the arena could now cost as much as $500M.
For: they say there’s no worth in preserving the buildings in the proposed footprint and that an arena will be an economic engine for downtown and El Paso. They’re against an updated cost estimate.
My take: the city has bungled this whole thing. I’d get a new estimate, and put it up for another vote. I think it would lose.
Against: they’re for historical preservation and against spending so much $$$ and further burdening taxpayers. They think the arena could now cost as much as $500M.
For: they say there’s no worth in preserving the buildings in the proposed footprint and that an arena will be an economic engine for downtown and El Paso. They’re against an updated cost estimate.
My take: the city has bungled this whole thing. I’d get a new estimate, and put it up for another vote. I think it would lose.