It looks like people will not be hobnobbing on a rooftop terrace at the planned Crown Event Center in downtown Fayetteville — at least as things stand now.
Two terraces included in the original design for the downtown entertainment and events venue were the most visible cuts to the design, after a committee of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners last week said the price tag for the project had risen too high. The center had been approved at $131 million but construction costs had driven it to as much as $163.5 million.
Glenn Adams, chairman of the Crown Event Center Committee, said he would miss the terrace.
“Sometimes you have a wish list,” he said. “I think the terrace is something this community would benefit from. I can live without it, but it would be my belief that I would much rather have it.
“One, it’s a revenue generator and it allows our citizens to have something they can use, especially during those summer months.”
He said he could live without one however, because the new design stays within the commissioners revised budget for the center, $145 million.