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Article: Convention center plan mothballed Proposal 'unrealistic' after ballot setback, backers tell council
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- April 29, 2005
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A downtown Colorado Springs convention center is dead for now, and
it's uncertain when -- or if -- it will be revived.
Three weeks after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure
restricting the city's ability to pay for and build a convention
center, project backers notified the City Council in a letter
Thursday that it's "unrealistic" to pursue the project in the short
term.
Beyond the new restrictions placed on the city's involvement, some
backers acknowledge that passage of this month's ballot measure also
could signal voter opposition to a convention center tax increase at
a future election.
In their letter to the council, project backers also acknowledge
that a tax increase ...