So if you missed it,be sure and catch the Council meeting replay tonite....public participation speaker Nancy G simply lambasted Council, in general,but mostly LarryBoy,Corey,and the patronage job given to Dancin'Doug...it was a thing of beauty....see,it sometimes appears many have a selective amnesia in the recent history of the MetroCentre....the paper drags up the '80's,'90's....
but they just IGNORE the $23mill PLUS bond debt that LarryBoy and Corey shoved on the taxpayers....IT WILL SAVE DOWNTOWN!!!!!!!!!!

And I've been trying to find that old info....and I stumbled on THIS.....

Posted Jul 10, 2008 @ 10:38 PM

Last update Jul 10, 2008 @ 11:01 PM

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"ROCKFORD —

On schedule and on budget. That was the word from MetroCentre officials as the $20 million renovation of downtown’s “big orange box” winds down.

There are still some things left to do — such as finishing the glass-encased entranceway at Chestnut and Church streets — but 90 percent of the renovation is complete.

“We’ll be done by the end of the year,” said Corey Pearson, general manager of Centre Events. “Most of the renovation that the public will see will be done by November.”...(so the styrofoam IS supposed to look like that?)....
The arena has sold out its 13 club box seats and has sold 80 percent of its 200 club seats, they said. The club boxes go for $8,000 a season and the club seats for $2,000 a season.

“We had sort of a silent goal that those would sell out, but we didn’t want to guarantee it,” Pearson said. “It turned out, we could sell out.”....(that's NOT what we hear NOW....why do they need Dancin'Doug if they sold out??)....
Still, Pearson hedged a bit when asked if the MetroCentre’s finances are so good that the authority won’t have to go to the City Council again this year and ask for money to help it supplement its regular revenue streams.

“It looks very good right now, and we have some big things planned,” he said. “We’re headed in the direction that will make that unnecessary.”...(no wonder the lying sack of crap left town)....