“We can’t raise money until we know what we’re raising,” Mayor Greg Dionne told the meeting.
Coun. Blake Edwards agreed getting an accurate cost for the project was “the smart way to do business.”
“It [the detailed design] is likely going to come back and say ‘hey it’s going to cost the taxpayer a little bit of money to build this rink,’” Edwards said. “But guess what, there’s going to be life in the city… we’re not building this just for the Raiders – if we choose to go ahead with it. It’s about hosting concerts, hosting major events, and that to me is exciting.”