Phoenix City Council to meet in executive session to discuss possible arena deal with Suns

Talking Stick Resort, Phoenix / Cronkite News file photo

 

By Jessica Boehm | Arizona Republic

The team has been asking for a new arena — or significant upgrades to city-owned Talking Stick Resort Arena — for years, but has been unable to reach a deal.

Public financing of sports facilities has become increasingly unpopular with voters, and elected officials have struggled with spending more money on the arena.

The Suns and Phoenix evenly split the nearly $100 million price tag on Talking Stick Resort Arena when it was built in the early 1990s. The team could leave as soon as 2022 if the city doesn’t make significant improvements.

Discussions about the arena appear to have lagged in recent months. But, they picked back up again in November, with an executive-session meeting on Nov. 6 and another scheduled for Nov. 14.

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