Since you seem to have inside info and like to reference at least two polls that the team/council took regarding this matter could you elaborate on who was polled? and what the actual question was for those polls. If you will not or cannot then , since we know that it would be in the teams best interest to get a positive result, then we have to consider that it was likely a misleading question posed to … I dunno, maybe the team’s ST base ? At least we know the question and the actual results from this viewer poll, it’s not some vague reference first promoted by team lapdog Coyote Morgan.
Just that it was reported they had taken two polls of Tempe residents and they were both positive.
The Channel 12 poll Llama referred to above was a generic question that anyone could have answered. It's been long established that the overall public in AZ is not in favor of direct taxpayer funds building arenas/stadiums.
When Phoenix looked to renovate Footprint Arena the public was NOT in favor of it. The city got around it by using funds already earmarked for downtown improvements. So it didn't have to be exposed to a public vote.
Again the poll mentioned "taxpayer money being used to fund stadiums" in general. Because up until TED, every one in Arizona was. Menuelo is using private funds to build his. The bonds are covering the required infrastructure costs (land reclamation, water/sewer/power, road improvements, etc) NOT the actual construction of TED itself.
Plus the deal is crafted with a CFD, so those bonds are being paid off by revenues generated by TED. It's not coming from the current residents of Tempe. The CFD is a legal entity in itself, meaning the CFD is issuing the bonds to pay for the infrastructure costs.... and it's not all up front. It's coming in four phases and each phase has to be funded before the bonds for the next phase can be issued.
