Trevino: The case for the Cameron County Arena
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas - Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevi\xf1o, Jr., says a proposal from one of his predecessors to build an arena on South Padre Island is not viable.
Former Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos has been vocal in his opposition to building an arena as part of the Madeira master planned project on the corner of I-69 East and State Highway 100. Instead, said Cascos, such an arena should be built on SPI.
Voters will decide on the Cameron County Arena project in the Saturday, May 7, elections.\xa0
In an interview with Ron Whitlock Reports, Trevi\xf1o said Cascos\u2019 idea has already been considered by Cameron County Commissioners Court and deemed not viable.
\u201cPerhaps he (Cascos) has not been to the island any time in the recent past but now it is bumper to bumper in the evenings,\u201d Trevi\xf1o said. \u201cOne of the issues we want to address with the location is to avoid that delay in getting to and from a particular concert.\u201d
Trevi\xf1o said even if a second causeway was up and running there could still, potentially, be bumper to bumper traffic. He also noted that concert goers from Brownsville, Harlingen, and the upper Rio Grande Valley would have further to travel if an arena were built on SPI.\xa0
\u201cWe are trying to create it so that it is quicker to get to these events, not delay it and make it even longer,\u201d Trevi\xf1o said.
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