(10-29-2012 02:39 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(10-29-2012 02:03 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  It's about fiscal responsibility. We need to send a message to our city council that they need to be fiscally responsible.

It is fiscally irresponsible to demolish a fixable building in order to build a stadium that will serve only a small segment of the community.

That's extremely small minded and short sighted thinking. By investing in the downtown area, creating something that will help in the development of the city overall, you are going to eventually get a great return on that investment and see your city progress. If you instead patch old buildings and go for the status quo, you will be throwing good money after bad and help to keep financial and infrastructure growth at bay and add to the decay of the city of El Paso. The latter is typical of people who can't see past the end of their nose.

I disagree. There have been plenty of books written that clearly show that sports stadiums do not improve the economy of a city. As a matter of fact, it does the opposite.

That El Paso is going to demolish a building that was already paid for by the tax payers only makes things worse.