Growth is fine, but why not use facilities already built that way under utilized like Kyle Field, Reed Arena, Brazos County Expo Center, Legends, etc.? Those are all ready and open for business. Work the kinks out of the plans using very low risk solutions, prove the viability of the theories, enforce running out and spending a ton of money on new facilities that may or may not work. Almost all- if not all of the potential activities you have listed numerous times could work well with facilities already built.
It just feels like we've done numerous boondoggles in the past, wasting a ton of tax payers money for someone's (or multiple someone's) legacy. To me, it would be a much bigger legacy for the Council to say "…look at what we've done here, we've improved the quality of life for our residents, we've increased revenues by x dollars, while not burdening the tax payers without a ton of new debt…". Maybe then, the taxpayers could see for themselves real financial results, recognize real financial responsibility, etc.- and see a need to support spending money to add to an already successful plan. You could put whatever revenue profits earned into the bank to pay for any new building needed down the road.
Just my opinion.
It just feels like we've done numerous boondoggles in the past, wasting a ton of tax payers money for someone's (or multiple someone's) legacy. To me, it would be a much bigger legacy for the Council to say "…look at what we've done here, we've improved the quality of life for our residents, we've increased revenues by x dollars, while not burdening the tax payers without a ton of new debt…". Maybe then, the taxpayers could see for themselves real financial results, recognize real financial responsibility, etc.- and see a need to support spending money to add to an already successful plan. You could put whatever revenue profits earned into the bank to pay for any new building needed down the road.
Just my opinion.
