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Voters in Tempe, Arizona will decide on May 16, 2023, to propose three ballot measures for the entertainment district. The entertainment area will house the Arizona Coyotes Arena.
These three proposals will appear on the ballot as Proposition 301, Proposition 302 and Proposition 303.
- Proposition 301 would authorize redevelopment by changing the land classification from city-owned commercial subdivision properties to mixed-use projects. The new classification will allow for the development of the proposed arena and recreation area.
- Proposition 302 rezons the property as a formal mixed-use zoning.
- Proposition 303 would authorize Bluebird Development LLC to build the arena and entertainment area.
All three measures need to pass in order for the arena and entertainment area to continue to be built and developed.
Plans for the entertainment district were first presented in September 2021. The $2.1 billion, 46-acre project will include a 16,000-seat arena and practice facility, hotel, retail, condominiums and a theater. Officials representing the Arizona Coyotes said the area would create 6,900 permanent jobs over the next 30 years and generate about $200 million in new tax revenue for the city.
The developer will use primarily private funds to build the 4 million-square-foot development and will pay Tempe $50.3 million for the land, according to the Tempe City Council.
Arizona Coyotes CEO Xavier Gutierrez said: “Together, 301, 302 and 303 will authorize all necessary components of the development agreement. We have every confidence that Tempe voters will accept all three proposals and that the project will economic, community and environmental benefits to the city.”
“We’re just creating bottlenecks and congestion, and communities in the Southeast are really going to suffer,” said former Tempe City Councilman Lauren Kuby (D), who opposed the measures.
Tempe 1st is the movement against the ballot initiative. “While our schools, public safety, roads and other services are underfunded, Propositions 301, 302 and 303 will cost Maricopa County and Tempe residents $500 million in tax revenue,” the campaign said.
Tempe voters will decide on the measures on May 16, 2023.
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