(06-08-2013 01:27 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Since you are going to be watching it again. You might want to make note of the fact that Susie Byrd clearly says that the construction cost of the stadium would be 50 million.

We know that is a lie because the construction cost is only supposed to be 40 million.

You are absolutely wrong. Dead wrong, my friend. Regardless of what she said, and how you interpreted what she said, you are dead wrong.

The baseball stadium is a 50 million dollar project. That became 52.8 million dollars because of the way the City does its funding. A small percentage, I believe 2%, has to be dedicated to the arts. There is also fee in selling bonds/certificates/acquiring the monies.

Again, that is the way the City of El Paso chooses to fund its projects.

Rep Holguin, knowing this and being a crab, tried to claim we were over budget because we are spending 52.8 instead of 50. He knows better. The City of El Paso chooses not to deduct the art funding and finance fees from the project's budget. This has always been the case.

Also, there is no final design plan. No one, not you, not me, not Joyce, not any of your books on downtown stadiums, can say how much of the budget is going to actual construction costs versus how much is going toward planning costs. There is no final design plan.

"They" did not lie. You are simply wrong.

The baseball stadium is going to cost 52.8 million dollars.