JOYCE WILSON CALLS CURRENT ARENA PROPOSAL “LIPSTICK ON A PIG”
Former City Manager Joyce Wilson wrote a guest column criticizing the City’s current proposal to build the Arena at the Union Depot, and Max Grossman responded with a guest column…
MAX GROSSMAN RESPONDS TO JOYCE WILSON IN OP-ED FOR EL PASO MATTERS
https://elpasomatters.org/2024/02/19/opinion-max-grossman-responds-to-joyce-wilson-on-arena-plans/
UNION DEPOT IS PROPOSED MPC SITE!
Item 43 on the City Council agenda for February 13 is “Discussion and action on a Resolution approving an alternative site for the Multipurpose Cultural and Performing Arts Center and…
PROPOSAL TO BUILD THE ARENA AT ASARCO
Yesterday we reported that Betsy Keller, the County Administrator, suggested to the Commissioners Court that they should consider contributing to the cost of building the City’s planned arena. This made…
COUNTY MAY HELP PAY FOR CITY’S ARENA!
No, we are not joking. Earlier today we reported that the El Paso County Commissioners Court is poised to approve $500 million in new spending starting in FY2025, including up…
CHIHUAHUA STREET HAS BEEN REOPENED
We visited the former “Arena Footprint” this past Saturday and verified that the City has reopened Chihuahua Street. The City has rightly left the buildings on either side of the…
EL PASO TIMES: CREWS REMOVING FENCING FROM “ARENA FOOTPRINT” IN DURANGUITO AFTER SIX-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE
“The fencing around Duranguito, the previously approved site for El Paso’s proposed multi-purpose arts and entertainment center, is coming down. The El Paso City Council moved earlier this year to…
WORKERS REMOVING FENCE AROUND “ARENA FOOTPRINT” IN DURANGUITO
True to their word, the City of El Paso is in the process of removing the fences blocking access to Chihuahua Street in the former “Arena Footprint.” Today workers began…
THE CITY OF EL PASO’S FAVORITE FIGURE: TRIPLE
The Mexican-American Culture Center was supposed to cost $5,750,000 but it will now cost $16,500,000. Nearly triple. The Children’s Museum was supposed to cost $19,250,000 but it will now cost…
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON $30M ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX WITH AMPHITHEATER IN SUNLAND PARK
On October 26, 2022 we broke the news that there is a plan to build an entertainment complex with amphitheater in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Three days ago, KFOX reported…