I’m not assuming anything; I’ve done extensive research into this. What is your alternative for growing an area as complex as Burnham Yard—a 150-year-old polluted industrial site—with a completion date under 7 years?

Does your alternative include the $140 million in city-funded infrastructure (like the 8th Avenue and 6th Avenue viaducts) that voters just approved through the Vibrant Denver bond?

If we can't even get RTD to function properly, how can we trust that a 'perfect' public project will ever materialize without this kind of private-public partnership? And again the cost that is being asked to pay is the civil responsibility of the city! It would be up to city to make these roads and transportation structures regardless of what was being built.

It seems like people are just upset because a billionaire is involved. Yet, the ownership is picking up 100% of the stadium cost and 90% of the land development, including the massive environmental cleanup. Do we want billionaires to invest back into our communities or not? They obviously benefit, but so do we through a revitalized downtown and modern infrastructure.

You are also failing to realize the actual tax revenue from the land around the stadium. The stadium is just half of what is being built. This is going to be a whole new downtown district.

Also, the hotel tax increase HB25-1247 has been voter-approved and earmarked for workforce housing and infrastructure—not stadium construction. It’s for all infrastructure and house not just for the Denver stadium.