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SportsPlex operating costs and overflow parking flagged as ongoing budget items

3316021 · May 14, 2025
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City staff said the SportsPlex will need continued operating subsidies while revenues mature and that a paved 340‑stall overflow lot would cost roughly $1.5 million.

City Manager Brenda Jensen and finance staff reviewed the SportsPlex’s operating performance and the need for additional parking as part of the FY26 budget discussion.

Jensen said the SportsPlex opened in April of the current year and the first incomplete fiscal year required a sizable operating subsidy; staff estimate the SportsPlex will need roughly $1.6 million in operating resources for a full fiscal year. Jensen said the facility required a subsidy of roughly $600,000 this year from Keno (keynote) revenue and that preliminary FY26 modeling shows an…

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