New Duluth DECC arena making progress
By Cory Fechner on Sep 26, 2009 in Current Events
- Scheduled to open Dec. 30, 2010. Grand opening celebration Dec. 31, 2010, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra will perform.
- Will seat 6,600 for men’s and women’s hockey and more than 8,500 for concerts.
- Cost: $80 million
50% Minnesota state funding; 1% city food and beverage tax increase will fund 27%; 12% UMD and 11% DECC. - Learn more here: http://arena.decc.org/
Duluth DECC
Duluth Decc Arena
DECC Arena Duluth
8,500 for concerts…which still keeps us out of the running for a lot of the really cool concerts that often visit venues such as the acoustically horrific Target Center or Xcel…
Hockey blows.
$80 million for hockey and concerts, but we couldn’t get $16 to get the poop out of the lake? Our priorities blow.
I wish more hockey players knew how to blow.
It should say: “We *hope* the 1% food and beverage tax will fund 27 percent. If it falls short, we’ll have to raise your property taxes.”
Also, it’s 0.75%, not 1%.
$80 million. That’s a few laid off park & rec workers… at health care CEO salaries.