Downtown Colorado Springs likely to evolve as City for Champions’ venues take shape
“City for Champions, the effort to develop four tourism-related projects in the Springs, was awarded $120.5 million by the Colorado Economic Development Commission on Monday. That money is a portion of state sales tax revenue expected to be generated over 30 years by new, out-of-state visitors who come to town to see the projects.
As proposed, City for Champions includes a 10,000-seat stadium and 3,000-seat indoor sports center; a museum that would display Olympic exhibits and serve as a link to the Springs-based U.S. Olympic Committee; a new Air Force Academy visitors center; and a sports medicine and performance center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
The projects’ combined cost, along with a downtown parking garage and other public improvements in the area, would total $250 million.”
Laden, Rich. The Gazette 22 December 2013.