A petition being circulated by a group hoping that voters in November will get a chance to have their say on the Greeley City Council’s approval of the complex financing plan for a $1.1 billion sports and entertainment project on the city’s western edge has won the endorsement of the Greeley-Weld chapter of the League of Women Voters.
Collecting 4,518 valid signatures from registered voters residing in Greeley by Aug. 6 would put the issue on the ballot in November. If passed, it would invalidate the present funding arrangement and essentially pause, but not end, the project.
Ordinance 2025-15, approved May 6 by the Greeley City Council, authorizes the financing plan for an entertainment district on city-owned land near Weld County Road 17 and U.S. Highway 34 that would include an ice arena, hotel and water park and anchor Windsor-based developer Martin Lind’s proposed Cascadia mixed-use development…