Letter to the Editor: What's Your View on a Football Stadium in Downtown Los Angeles?

Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of AEG, the owners and operators of Staples Center and L.A.LIVE will be speaking at Pacific Palisades Community Council on Thursday about the multi-purpose Event Center and modernization plans proposed for the convention center in downtown Los Angeles (commonly referred to as "The Stadium")

In an email to the PPCC, Mr. Leiweke's representative said "we have found that there is a lot of mis-information about the project and welcome the opportunity to speak to the community about the proposal." As you know, this project has attracted city-wide attention as the event center would be the home to an NFL team.  

If anyone would like to learn more or has an opinion about the proposed stadium, I would like to encourage them to attend the PPCC. We will meet at the Palisades Library 861 Alma Real Drive, Pacific Palisades, on Thursday from  7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Would you like Los Angeles to move forward with plans to construct a new football stadium to be located downtown next to the Convention Center? *Select the most appropriate answer

•  Yes
•  No
•  Undecided

If you said "Yes" to the first question and later found out that in 2009, the Dallas Cowboys' stadium was $350 million over budget, and as a result the city had to raise sales taxes by .5 percent, hotel tax by 2 percent and car rental tax by 5 percent, would you still want to move forwards with plans to build a new football stadium? 

•  Yes
•  No
•  Undecided
•  Did not vote Yes to question #1

In order to fund the building of the stadium, the city has to issue $350 million in bonds. Under the fiscal circumstances with AEG not guaranteeing those bonds, would you vote to have the city issue these bonds?

•  Yes
•  No
•  Undecided

Palisadians can email their answers to pacpalicc@aol.com, visit the community council blog or comment right here Pacific Palisades Patch.