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Article: City of Pico Rivera proposes using Sports Arena for city events
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- Whittier Daily News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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PICO RIVERA - The city is considering extending its lease with an
entertainment vendor at the Sports Arena complex with the caveat of
using the facility for its own purposes up to four times a year.
Los Angeles-based LEBA Inc. sublets the facility located at 11003
Rooks Road from the city for events like concerts and charreadas,
officials said. Their contract is up next year and the company wants
to extend it another five years.
City officials have proposed using the facility in exchange for
dropping the yearly fee from $300,000 to $250,000. But some call the
arrangement questionable.
"The main justification was so if the city had functions we
wanted to sponsor for city purposes, like a ...