I wonder if they will be serving FREE Papa John’s pizza at the EC tours? Rex and Tracy need to share.
Here is the latest ‘veiled’ tax payer funded campaign promotion by Mayor Huether;
The city says they are excited to let the public get a sneak peek at how it looks.
There is no need to sign up because you get to look around all by yourself.
Once you are inside, you can really get the feel for how big it is.
It’s over 300,000 square feet, 105 feet tall and four levels.
You can come and see for yourself starting this Saturday evening from 6 to 8 and Sunday from 1 to 4.
That goes every weekend through the end of March.
They are just starting to put the seats in which will take until the end of June.
“Now, we’re just to a point where we can actually corridor off a safe area for people to come in. This is really the city of Sioux Falls’ building. It’s the people’s building and we want them to have a chance to come in. It’s too cold to do anything else, so we would rather people come on out to the convention center, walk in, take a look and see what the results are.” said Mark Cotter, Director of Public Works.
When you come in to see it, there won’t be any construction going on.
So you won’t have to wear any safety gear.
Through the end of March . . . how convenient, only days away from the municipal election. While many local ‘dignitaries’ got to take early tours of the Pavilion when it was being constructed, the public certainly wasn’t let in to see, of course, there probably wasn’t a city election going on either. Slick move Mike.
Cotter’s comment was pretty ironic. I have often said that since taxpayer’s are borrowing for the lion’s share of this project (and probably subsidizing it) that the EC should have been called ‘Sioux Falls CITIZEN’s Arena’