*OT* KC Sports Arena debate
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WELL IT PASSED!!!....i really hope this livens up downtown im tired of our broke down ass city its needs to come to life lol....
Posted on Tue, Aug. 03, 2004
Downtown arena winning at polls
By LYNN HORSLEY
The Kansas City Star
Supporters of a downtown arena were celebrating their apparent victory Tuesday night as voters appeared to be approving fee increases for what has been dubbed the Sprint Center.
The election culminated one of the most bitterly contested issue campaigns in recent memory.
In early returns, voters were favoring a proposal to increase hotel fees by up to $1.50 per day and rental-car fees by up to $4 per day to help pay for a $225 million to $250 million arena. The facility, dubbed the Sprint Center, is expected to be built at 14th Street and Grand Boulevard. It is expected to open in 2007, shortly before Mayor Kay Barnes leaves office.
Returns in Clay County, for example, showed the arena up 54 to 46 percent, with 93 percent of the precincts reporting.
Arena supporters, including Barnes, celebrated as early vote totals came in.
“This is a huge victory for Kansas City,” Barnes said.
Barnes made the arena her administration's top priority and campaigned for it with more gusto than she has shown for any other initiative since she took office. It took on the appearance of a personal crusade, especially after St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car mounted a costly and aggressive campaign to try to defeat it.
“With all due respect, Mayor, you da man,” said Timothy Leiweke, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group, which plans to invest $50 million in the arena.
As he spoke, Barnes gave the thumbs-up sign to cheering supporters gathered at Union Station.
WELL IT PASSED!!!....i really hope this livens up downtown im tired of our broke down ass city its needs to come to life lol....
Posted on Tue, Aug. 03, 2004
Downtown arena winning at polls
By LYNN HORSLEY
The Kansas City Star
Supporters of a downtown arena were celebrating their apparent victory Tuesday night as voters appeared to be approving fee increases for what has been dubbed the Sprint Center.
The election culminated one of the most bitterly contested issue campaigns in recent memory.
In early returns, voters were favoring a proposal to increase hotel fees by up to $1.50 per day and rental-car fees by up to $4 per day to help pay for a $225 million to $250 million arena. The facility, dubbed the Sprint Center, is expected to be built at 14th Street and Grand Boulevard. It is expected to open in 2007, shortly before Mayor Kay Barnes leaves office.
Returns in Clay County, for example, showed the arena up 54 to 46 percent, with 93 percent of the precincts reporting.
Arena supporters, including Barnes, celebrated as early vote totals came in.
“This is a huge victory for Kansas City,” Barnes said.
Barnes made the arena her administration's top priority and campaigned for it with more gusto than she has shown for any other initiative since she took office. It took on the appearance of a personal crusade, especially after St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car mounted a costly and aggressive campaign to try to defeat it.
“With all due respect, Mayor, you da man,” said Timothy Leiweke, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group, which plans to invest $50 million in the arena.
As he spoke, Barnes gave the thumbs-up sign to cheering supporters gathered at Union Station.
