Congratulations to Intrust Bank Arena for being selected to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in 2011. The tournament will be a nice economic boost for the city and will help promote women’s basketball in this area — particularly if Wichita State University or another Kansas team makes the tournament and is assigned to play here. Successfully hosting the tournament also could boost Wichita’s efforts to land the men’s tournament in the future.
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Was it worth extracting $500,000,000.39 (1/2 billion dollars) from Sedgwick County taxpayers for this white elephant, albatross arena in this time of economic recession if not depression.
Let’s face it, the albatross Intrust arena was built to funnel taxpayer money into pockets of Sedgwick County’s chosen few, architects, contractors, etc. Plus to justify jobs of failed holdover county commissioners, Tim Norton and Dave Unruh. And to provide activity for various out of town “hired bureaucrats” and consultants who come to Wichita “River City” on a revolving basis to offer non-existent band uniforms.
Ask yourself …. is Wichita any better now than ten years and $500,000,000 dollars ago?
I’m beginning to think you don’t approve of the Intrust Arena, “JWink.”
;-)
The NCAA Women’s Tournament is a two-day booking of the building, two years out.
What’s not to like?
Come on folks, be nice. All 6 of the womens basketball fans are thrilled about this, and 4 of them even plan on going to the game.
$500,000,000 is an investment in the future. Of what, we are not supposed to ask.
Wasn’t the original cost like 188 million?
Is this becoming the PelosiCare of Sedgwick county?
Half a billion dollars and we haven’t even tasted a nacho yet and have to walk 2 miles to get there?
While I am all in favor of public works projects, the arena wasn’t one for the people.
They got conned into building a playtoy for the rich. I’ll never darken its door.
Regular
Posted November 1, 2009 at 7:50 am | Permalink
Wasn’t the original cost like 188 million?
Is this becoming the PelosiCare of Sedgwick county?
Half a billion dollars and we haven’t even tasted a nacho yet and have to walk 2 miles to get there?
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Where are you guys getting this $500,000,000 price tag? The highest total cost that I’ve been able to find is just over $200 million.
Anyone have a link verifying the alleged $500 million price tag?
JWink, your obsession with the arena is getting old. Whenever an arena thread appears, it is easy to predict a rant about the white elephant arena.
The thing is built, and it is long past time to stop whining about it. And hoping that it will fail, even if you think it is ill advised, is simply morbid.
“Come on folks, be nice. All 6 of the womens basketball fans are thrilled about this, and 4 of them even plan on going to the game.”
You obviously haven’t been to Manhattan lately for a women’s basketball game, or Norman. It will be interesting to see what happens if WSU turns around as much as their last recruiting class suggests they will.
I still think the women’s tournament should have early rounds at higher seeded host schools, but I am glad to see the Intrust Arena get this.
JWink
Posted November 1, 2009 at 6:42 am | Permalink
Was it worth extracting $500,000,000.39 (1/2 billion dollars) from Sedgwick County taxpayers for this white elephant, albatross arena in this time of economic recession if not depression.
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The sales tax expired in 2007…not in this time of high unemployment locally and “recession if not depression.”
This is a great event. It’s the logical step the NCAA has set out for garnering a Men’s regional bid. Do a good job with the Women’s tournament and we will win the Men’s bid the next time around.
Glad to see we got the Women’s tourney in our first bid vs. having to wait.