“Who wouldn’t want to save that kind of money?” Curran said. The district also stands to save $350,000 annually in operations and maintenance costs – that’s $22.5 million over the expected 50-year life of the facility – by not building at Albi. The district will also receive a share of all revenue from non-school events.
#Stadium design app free#
Among the major stipulations, the district will retain ownership of the stadium, will be provided priority scheduling rights for events, will pay no more than $31 million to build the stadium, will retain a share of “market-based facility fees,” and will have free and sufficient parking. Prior to the final vote, the PFD agreed in principle to a list of requirements from the school district. The next step is to approve an interlocal agreement between the school district and the PFD, which will operate the 5,000-seat stadium along with its neighboring properties, The Podium and the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Since then, the school district, the PFD, the Civic Theatre and representatives from the United Soccer League have begun to delve into the details. “I haven’t seen much negativity about it since the vote, but the people who were against it, we just want them to give us a chance to show them that this is going to be a positive thing.” “And I really believe it’s the right decision,” Curran said. “It’s kind of hard for me to believe that it’s happened,” Stephanie Curran, CEO of the Spokane Public Facilities District, said last week. It’s been five weeks since the district agreed to spend its $31 million north of the Spokane River instead of the original Joe Albi site.
It was more than two years ago that voters approved a capital bond to pay for a new stadium for Spokane Public Schools, and it will be another two years before fans are cheering in the stands.
If it were a game, this would only be halftime. The hard work is only beginning in the effort to bring a sports stadium to downtown Spokane.
0 kommentar(er)
