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CAMERON COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — There are just a day until early voting begins. Cameron County voters will get to decide if a new multi-purpose arena and convention center will be built.
If Proposition 2 is approved Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. said the new arena will be located near the intersection of Highway 77 and Highway 100.
“We need to go to the voters for their approval in order to make this an approved project in order to use those types of funds,” Trevino said. ” We are seeing a lot of growth in Cameron County, South Padre is a tourist destination, and we are just trying to add additional venues and additional attractions to bring people down to Cameron County.”
CAMERON COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — There are just a day until early voting begins. Cameron County voters will get to decide if a new multi-purpose arena and convention center will be built.
If Proposition 2 is approved Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. said the new arena will be located near the intersection of Highway 77 and Highway 100.
“We need to go to the voters for their approval in order to make this an approved project in order to use those types of funds,” Trevino said. ” We are seeing a lot of growth in Cameron County, South Padre is a tourist destination, and we are just trying to add additional venues and additional attractions to bring people down to Cameron County.”
“That tax is paid by the visitor as part of his or her’s motel tax and in this case rental cars. But it is paid for by the visitors in the area,” Trevino said. “Then the local government whether it is a city, or a county gets to take advantage of those venue dollars and put them to use in an economic development or quality of life projects.”
Since voters will have to approve that money to be used, there are questions about how much it will cost to build this new arena. Trevino said the bill will be split between the visitors’ tax as well as federal and state funds.
“Now the price tag is approximately about 100 million dollars, the venue tax we anticipate being able to pay a third of that,” Trevino said.
While there are already two arenas over in Hidalgo County, Cameron County just wants to give more entertainment opportunity’s not only to its residents but also to the entire valley.
“It’s not necessarily in competition, it’s to compliment and to give people in the valley additional resources and additional avenues in which to enjoy concerts, theater, sporting events, community events whatever it is that we can try to present,” Trevino said.
Early voting starts on Monday, October 18. Election Day is on November 2.
17 comments:
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Ese gordiflon es vato de segunda. Calvo, el wey.
Puro pedorro en la keyboard. Tiene culo de vaca, el vato palido.
To late Cameron Country. El SanBene is already building an epicenter. It will have a crystal clear lagoon, medical center , convention center and a bunch of other attractions. So cameron county just forget it and try something else. Que Bonito San Benito.
LOL, no thanks… I will go to McAllen for a better experience.
We already have a Sports Park and no one uses it!!!
That we spent $30 million on in cost overruns if you remember
And 4 years ago dropped another $550,000 to "update" it
http://brownsvilleobserver.blogspot.com/2012/06/charlie-atkinson-defends-spending-on.html
9:41 am
You are kidding me. 30 million for a some fencing on a field. I have been there once and nothing was going on. I went there to visit with my kids. 5 and 7 years old. Kicking a soccer ball. Some guy working there told us to leave because, we could not play on the grass. POS place. At most $5,000.00 for fertilizer for the small park. And I am sure PUB did not do the electrical, the lights work.
The question you need to ask yourself...”how will this benefit ME”! And the answer is, “It won’t”. The Rio Grande Delta is full of minor leaguers like the Troll Trevino; people that are legends in their own minds! An event center in a city that is one big fucking barrio would benefit no one except for the Trolls.
Eddie Trevino dumbass.
Fix drainage, water quality and streets.
Eddie Trevino dumbass.
Copycat, your late. Join San Benito on 10-23-2021 for epicenter groundbreaking,11 am.
McAllen Texas for entertainment.
It will get a big no from me. Just how stupid is our County Commission? People visiting SPI are expected to drive the highway 100 speed trap for 25 minutes to get to a convention center and then drive back drunk. This is such a complete and total waste of money.
I say vote no and force them to use the visitor money for something more useful.
Truth Teller
Viva San Bento.
To be built on a Flood Zone area
VOTE NO to this Plan. According to them, it's not going to cost the local taxpayers but the monies to pay for this will be the Visitors. BS, sounds like a (Biden) Democratic Idea, we will pay for this in the long run. Bad enough, the County Officials voted for their pay raises but nothing for the employees. Then, they also raise taxes when the Appraisal District raises the property values to the extreme, making the taxes higher. Wake up and make a STAND. Enjoy these ideas when inflation is getting out of hand.
Who owns the real estate where this will be built?
unwanted, unloved, unemployed, irrelevant dwardo paws marteeenez, blog squatter of the year, every year. ¿Cuánto tiempo seguirá deficaz este inadaptado social en nuestro mundo?
I am voting No. the leadership in Cameron county are to stupid to manage something like this.
They want to built it where the coca cola building is at and call it A-La-Tray-Delight
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