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Article: Is Monona Terrace worth it?
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- Isthmus
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- July 13, 2007
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Assessing the costs and benefits after the first 10 years
It was a public scolding, delivered with righteous indignation: "Once again, it appears that the zealousness of the opponents has served to overshadow the truth."
The date was Oct 5, 1992, less than a month before Madison voters approved the $67.5 million Monona Terrace convention center, now celebrating its 10th anniversary Dave Zweifel, editor of The Capital Times, tore into critics challenging assurances being made as to the facility's costs.
Center backers, he wrote, "insist that the 'absolute maximum' cost to a typical Madison homeowner would be $31 per year," including an annual operating subsidy and the construction loans ...