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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Sacramento City Council Approves New Arena Plan to Keep Kings
Future Construction Plans
projected income from the future arena
  • $556 million cash infusion to region during building.
  • $25 million annual regional infusion.
  • $2.3 million annual increase in municipal funds during build.
  • $770,000 annual increase in municipal funds during operation
Currently there is a lot of buzz surrounding the building of a 391 million dollar arena ! With the city paying for 255.5 million of the costs. Seriously, the amount of city funding is more than illustrated on the graph! It is actually a majority of the funding. Of course, who doesn't like to watch a good game of Basketball; but to invest so much money into a team that has not played well in a while seems somewhat wasteful. You wouldn't give a employee who sucks a bonus, let alone a multimillion dollar arena. 
 Should the population of Sacramento pay for these costs via taxation? I hope the future projected revenue is accurate so that the new arena makes income and the Kings team improves so tickets are bought. I hope this new arena allows the people of Sacramento to keep enjoying our team while making a profit. 

2 comments:

Sam Holden said...

Dude that new stadium is insane im pumped to see it get built.

Amber Robinson said...

I think think this new area will have a become a great improvement to the Sacramento and surrounding areas. It will open the door to many new opportunities and put Sacramento on the map. I just hope they don't run into any issues with the building plans and get the thing up as soon as possible!

Here is a new article taking about possible delays to development.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/12/4329726/key-cog-in-new-sacramento-arena.html