y Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The Great City of Henderson Hockey Arena Public Relations Tour made another pit stop at Email Alley Wednesday when the city sent out a press release saying the proposed Golden Knights’ 6,000-seat minor league hockey arena — or “Henderson Event Center” — at the site of the Henderson Pavilion would deliver venue operating cost savings and projected tax revenues.
The biggest reveal in the press release is that the projected operational cost savings and tax revenues are based on “a total project cost of approximately $80 million, with up to an additional $4 million for contingencies” to be shared equally between the city and the Golden Knights’ newly-acquired American Hockey League affiliate that was previously based in San Antonio, Texas and purchased in February.
Henderson officials claim the city will gain $40.9 million in projected savings and tax revenue generated over 20 years — which would equal the life of the bonds that would be potentially issued by the city to support
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