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Opinion: The Phoenix City Council is quietly considering a deal to spend $150 million to upgrade Talking Stick Resort Arena. What? No public vote?
By Laurie Roberts | Arizona Republic
The city of Phoenix can’t afford to hire enough police officers to patrol the streets but it soon could be shelling out $150 million to keep the Phoenix Suns happy.
This, without bothering to ask the city’s voters whether they want to make a major upgrade to Talking Sticking Resort Arena.
Several city sources tell me there’s a push on to get the deal done by the end of the year.
Talk of an arena deal has ramped up inside city hall this month — ever since Kate Gallego, the leading candidate for Phoenix mayor, announced she would not support putting city money into a new or improved arena for the Suns.
