Convention Hysteria

In 1998, the Phoenix Civic Plaza lost $20 million. City officials don't mind. They made up the loss with your tax money, just as they do every year.

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The Phoenix Civic Plaza has lost more than $90 million on operations since 1993-94
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The Phoenix Civic Plaza has lost more than $90 million on operations since 1993-94
The old Phoenix Union High School campus would house an "Off-Site Exhibition Hall" that could be as big as the existing Civic Plaza
The old Phoenix Union High School campus would house an "Off-Site Exhibition Hall" that could be as big as the existing Civic Plaza

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"A half a billion dollars or more of taxpayer money bet on the come -- that just doesn't sound like a good idea to me," Porter says. "Our convention center is hemorrhaging. If yours goes bankrupt, or if it doesn't cover its debt, local taxpayers have to pick up the bill."

I didn't tell him that they already are.

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