MAYOR PRO TEMPORE KENNEDY PROPOSES THE OPTION OF CANCELING THE ARENA
In his guest column for El Paso Matters, Mayor Pro Tempore Brian Kennedy proposes four possible options for the arena, but it is clear he believes canceling the project is…
GUDENRATH, GOODMAN, AND SCHERR WANT A LARGE DOWNTOWN ARENA BUT HAVE NO SOLUTION TO PAY FOR IT
The same folks who long insisted that the taxpayers build an arena with a minimum capacity of 14,000 seats are now demanding that City Council seek private investors to help…
OPEN LETTER FROM DR. RICK BONART, CHAIR OF THE BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE: CANCEL THE ARENA AND START OVER
As the Chair of the 2012 Quality of Life Bond Overview Advisory Committee, I attended the City’s two meetings on the proposed Union Depot location for the Multi Purpose Center…
WHERE IS A PACIFIER WHEN YOU NEED ONE?
Lately the opinion pages of the El Paso Times have been littered with folks like Henry Felix demanding a downtown arena, afraid our City might build one that is too…
CASSANDRA LIES TO BUZZ ADAMS, STILL WANTS TO BUILD AN ARENA IN DURANGUITO
Yesterday morning, our Chief Instigator joined Buzz Adams on his Morning Show to discuss the financial malfeasance of City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and the FBI investigation of City gas card…
WHO’S THE “PEA-BRAIN” BEHIND EL PASO’S ARENA FIASCO?
Max Grossman, Guest columnist, El Paso Times, Published 6:31 a.m. MT, Feb. 23, 2024 I am responding to the recent guest column by Joyce Wilson, who claims that building the…
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…