CITY COUNCIL TO LET VOTERS DECIDE IF THEY STILL WANT A DOWNTOWN ARENA
Yesterday the City voted 5-3 to let the voters decide in the November 5 General Election whether to kill the City’s ill-fated project to build an arena in downtown El…
THREE CITY REPS PUT UP ITEM EMPOWERING VOTERS TO SINK THE ARENA
At tomorrow’s Regular City Council Meeting, Representatives Kennedy, Fierro, and Canales are co-sponsoring item 30, which could sink the ill-fated arena project once and for all. The item calls for…
JOYCE WILSON UNHINGED
We previously reported how former City Manager Joyce Wilson, who launched our City into a 19-year spending binge, lashed out against the current City Council for refusing to fund a…
POWELL: PLAN TO BUILD AMPHITHEATER AT COHEN SITE WILL”LIKELY” KILL DOWNTOWN ARENA
Adam Powell of the El Paso Times made a stunning statement today in his report on the amphitheater that will be built at the Cohen site with private funds: “Though…
RENARD JOHNSON STILL WANTS A DOWNTOWN ARENA!
Renard Johnson, the Escobar-backed candidate for Mayor who is backed by all the big developers and their bankers and attorneys, wants to “invest” in a downtown arena with your money…
HERNANDEZ VOTES AGAINST 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER, REJECTING $5.4 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT
Yesterday our City Council voted 6-1, with Rep. Cassandra Hernandez dissenting and Rep. Isabel Salcido absent, to proceed with a public-private partnership to construct a 12,500-seat amphitheater in Northeast El…
PRIVATE CORPORATION TO BUILD 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO, ZERO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
Under Executive Session item EX1 today, our City Council announced a public-private partnership with Notes Live, Inc., a private developer, which will build a 12,500-seat amphitheater at the former site…
HERNANDEZ TO DISCUSS ARENA TONIGHT ON ABC-7 XTRA AT 10:35PM
Tonight on ABC-7 XTRA at 10:35pm, Paul Cicala will host four guests to discuss the upcoming City Council vote on whether to build the MPC adjacent to the Union Depot.…
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…