EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This coming Tuesday, voters in the City of El Paso will decide the fate of the long-languishing Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Facility, also known as the Multipurpose Center (MPC) or arena.
On the ballot is a choice to keep or eliminate millions of dollars in debt that were previously approved but haven’t been used yet to build the project.
A vote in favor of Proposition A would remove the City’s ability to issue the remaining $128.5 million in general obligation bonds for the multipurpose performing arts and entertainment facility.
Voting “against” the proposition means the city can move forward with borrowing the remaining authorized funds to build the MPC.
In the November 2012 Quality of Life bond election, voters approved a total of $180 million to build the arena. The $128.5 million on the ballot remains after the city spent the difference on acquiring properties in Downtown El Paso’s Duranguito neighborhood, south of the convention center.