From: Yahoo! News / Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
St. Thomas neighbors file (again) to block construction of 5,500-seat sports arena
Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press
July 22, 2024
Neighborhood residents opposed to a new Division I athletics arena at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul are seeking the equivalent of a legal restraining order against the city and the university, with the goal of stopping construction already well underway off Grand, Cretin and Summit avenues.
The Advocates for Responsible Development filed a motion in the Minnesota Court of Appeals late Monday afternoon seeking to enjoin the university from continuing construction — and the city from allowing construction — of the Lee and Penny Anderson Multipurpose Arena, a
5,500-seat sports facility that will be dedicated to DI hockey and basketball.
On June 8, the Court of Appeals determined that
the city had prematurely accepted an environmental review known as an Environmental Assessment Worksheet, without considering the cumulative impacts of other construction projects on campus, namely
the new Schoenecker Center, which is located next to the arena and hosts its own recital hall. The court also found that the arena’s approved EAW largely failed to include active mitigation measures for parking, traffic and greenhouse gas emissions beyond passive approaches such as monitoring traffic levels for two years.
“Unfortunately, the City and UST have chosen to ignore this court’s opinion,” reads the homeowner group’s 15-page legal memorandum in support of their motion for injunctive relief. ...
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