The Racine Common Council and Racine Redevelopment Authority on Monday got a first look at a three-story event/arena and a seven-story hotel, but not a plan on how to pay for it. That discussion comes next week. Administrators wanted the board to see renderings of the buildings. They also wanted them to understand the environmental […]
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Community Workshop On Proposed Event Center, Hotel Set
A community workshop will be held about the proposed event center and hotel at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Festival Hall, 5 5th St. The city development department wants comments from the community on what activities, convention and events should happen at the facility. Officials plan to use the feedback gathered during the small group sessions as […]
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Opposition Brewing Against Funding Arena
Spurred on by an educational meeting by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Association on how to get a referenda question on the ballot, a group against the public funding of an arena has started. The Racine Common Council voted 10 to 5 in March in favor of spending $600,000 from its intergovernmental revenue fund to pay for […]
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City Passes Arena Phase One Funding
The Racine Common Council voted 10 to 5 Tuesday in favor of spending $600,000 from its intergovernmental revenue fund to pay for the first phase of a $43 to $49 million downtown arena and hotel/events center project. Aldermen Mollie Jones (2nd Dist.), Sandy Weidner (6th Dist.), Steve Smetana (5th Dist.), Michael Shields (3rd Dist.), and […]
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Racine Common Council Takes A Step Closer To Building Arena
During a Committee of the Whole, Racine’s Common Council took a step closer to making the final decision on whether to build a $43 to $49 million arena, and hotel/convention center downtown. In a 14 to 1 vote, the Committee voted to hire Madison-based Hammes Company Sports Development to complete the first of three phases in […]
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City Lays Groundwork For Arena, Hotel and Convention Center
Is Racine ready to become something different from just a manufacturing town? With the wheels starting to churn on a potential $40 to $45 million arena/convention center and a hotel project, Racine will likely need to answer that question over the coming months. But with so many unknowns — including how to pay for the arena […]
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Amidst Controversy, Allentown Mayor Won’t Address Common Council
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski will not be speaking to the Racine Common Council on Tuesday about the economic impact building an arena had on his city. Racine Mayor John Dickert invited Pawlowski to speak, but he has since declined the visit after the Journal Times wrote a piece about how the FBI is investigating Allentown’s […]
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Editorial: 5 Things I Want For Racine in 2017
I feel like Racine will be at a crossroads for much of 2017. We’ve been to the alter several times over the years with regards to potential suitors for development: the former Walker-Ajax Plant, the Arena, and Rodney Blackwell’s portion of the Machinery Row project. Each are still viable, but could have taken a step forward […]
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Ask and Answered: Why Can’t The City Consider Other Arena Locations?
Editor’s note: Ask and Answered is a new feature for the Racine County Eye. We’ll take readers questions about municipal issues they have east of the interstate and our columnist Missie Mauldin will answer them. If you have a question, email Missie@misssocialwi.com. The construction of an event center on 3.5-acres on the southeast corner of Lake […]
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Dickert On Arena, Hotel: ‘We’re Going To Figure Out How To Make This Happen’
Racine Mayor John Dickert vowed during a 2017 budget address on Wednesday to keep fighting to find a way to fund a $46 million hotel and event arena project in downtown Racine. In making this promise, Dickert highlighted the need for more jobs and bringing more tourism to the downtown area. He also chastised corporations that […]
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Tax Floated Out As Possible Funding Source For Arena
A $46 million downtown arena would need taxpayer money to move forward. But the project would come with hundreds of jobs, a possible minor league hockey team and a Milwaukee Bucks developmental franchise, according to an initial plan rolled out by Racine Mayor John Dickert. The construction of the event center — which would be located […]