Comments on: No Offers So Far; Process Continues To Sell Civic Center

By: ex-commish

ex-commish — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:51:41 +0000

While commissioner, I learned that almost no civic centers are money makers. Their principal purpose is to bring traffic to the area where the local businesses will make up bed-taxes, the tourists will spend money will local businesses, etc. The Civic Center management is farmed out and the COUNTY doesn’t have the money to bring in the First Class Acts required to make it a go. The CITY is broke and as usual, someone in the city will have a great idea and then get the County government to foot the bill for it. In these hard times, state governments are making some hard choices for the state government. We need to make some of those hard choices here. I dont think there is anyone downtown or at the BCC willing to take the heat from the Pensacola News Journal for making tough decisions. Maybe the civic center would make a better Aquarium than the former waste treatment plant. Maybe the Navy could be paid to turn the civic center into a museum. Most people are unaware that our Naval Museum is in the top ten Florida destinations for tourists. Does anyone know how to think out of the POCKET downtown? I’m sorry, I meant to say think outside the box.

By: tigger6046

tigger6046 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:23:03 +0000

That place is almost 30 years old….no one in their right mind will want to buy it and pay to keep it up or update it.

By: Klondike Kid

Klondike Kid — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:24:44 +0000

The Civic Center should have been built where the Milestone subdivision is now way back when. The County bought that vacant Navy airfield for a buck or something, but naturally, somebody had a “buddy”. It would have been more convenient for the rest of the county citizenry with plenty of parking for the CC to be there north of 9 mile rd.

By: Horrific!

Horrific! — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:40:25 +0000

Yes why bother with paying money for a study. Nobody is interested!
We can spend that to clean up the area so people WANT to come here
and buy something.

By: art

art — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:25:03 +0000

right….and how much is said “study”?

By: Horrific!

Horrific! — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:38:53 +0000

Check their pockets?
lol

By: bama54

bama54 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:26:06 +0000

Another good example build it in the wrong place and they wil “NOT COME”! The new ball park to be is another good example of “NOT BUILDING” in a central location for “ALL” to enjoy. When if flops the still want be able to figure out why?Our Commissioners have got realize they have got to go north!!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:19:56 +0000

interesting idea, Klondike Kid

By: j

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:59:18 +0000

What is the reason for the sale?

By: Klondike Kid

Klondike Kid — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:43:30 +0000

Maybe they can sell it to Navy Federal instead of the 4 H property. I think the “Navy Federal Civic Center” sounds good.