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(05-07-2017 06:20 PM)BigBlue23 Wrote:  so multiple municipalities would have maybe been in play if Vb had fallen Through? I know this is speculation and it based on ga t, but the deal couldnt be but so risky if the common train of thought was other cities would have been on board.

I am so dumbfounded by the nay Sayers in this case.

You appear to have a much better functioning crystal ball than I do. I sure hope so.

If you are right, our region will gain a truly beautiful arena. We will expand vastly the calibre of sports entertainment that we can host, and (who knows?) there may even be a major league franchise that this facility its home. The Virginia Beach council members will all justifiably be claiming credit.

But, if your crystal ball turns out to be fallible, the Virginia Beach taxpayers will be on the hook for $78 million in infrastructure upgrades. What events that do come to town will be plagued by traffic jams (as is the amphitheater currently). The Birdneck neighborhood will be badly disrupted. The beautiful arena will only be held used -- as is now the case for Norfolk's Half Moone cruise ship facility. And the Virginia Beach council members who voted to support it will be no where to be found.

I don't claim to have any special insight on this project. And I'll admit that I am wrong at least as often as I am right.

But I'm not sure why you are so certain that the concerns of the "naysayers" are so completely unfounded.