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Proposition No: 1
Coliseum Bonds
Brazos County
Exbos!t|on
v Center
November 7, 2000
Why a new Exposition Center?
Our County needs a center for Family Entertainment and
Recreation. The quality of our Communities’ entertainment
impacts our quality of life. Exhibitions and fairs will provide
year-round varied events appealing to the widest possible
interests of our citizens'. The Vision 2020 Committee's
Survey identified the need for an Exposition Center as the
number one priority for the County.
The Brazos County area is one of the largest metropolitan
communities in the State of Texas without a facility of this
kind. Texas A&M University has been a generous neighbor by
sharing their facilities, but Brazos Coucty should not depend
on TAMU to accommodate the community for all events.
$18,500,000
Can we afford the
Exposition Center?
What will our new Exposition
Center be like?
The Center will include an air-conditioned 6,000 perma
nent seat Coliseum Building, designed With the option for
later expansion of those scats, two covered outdoor auxiliary
facilities, outdoor arenas, livestock stables and pens. The
Main Building will have a 30,000 square foot floor area arid
an additional capacity for 1,500 temporary floor scats. RV
facilities will be provided to accommodate visitors to the
Center, County, Bush Library and TAMU
The Brazos County Exposition Center is a wise invest
ment for the community. Catering to a broad range of mid
sized events, the Center fills the void left between Reed
Arena and the Brazos Center.
The exec. V.P. of Abilene Expos Center reports that their
facility yields an annual direct 'spend of 535 million dollars
to their county. Texas A&M International University report
ed that for every dollar invested in Laredo's new 335 million
dollar facility the community will generate a 53 to S4 return
annually to iheir local economy.
A Brazos County taxpayer with a property value of
SI00,000 will pay approximately $2.50/month to finance our
Exposition Center. It will be a priority for the Center to keep
the rents for local groups affordable and occupancy rates
high.
The following residents of Brazos County confirm support for the bond election, November 7
The Brazos County
Exposition Center will
showcase many events
such as:
County Fair
Rodeos
Concerts
Horse & Livestock Shows
Civic Events
Religious Gatherings
Sporting Events
Festivals
Car Shows
Corporate Events
Conventions
Receptions
Sporting Events
Auctions
Tractor Pulls
Circus & Carnivals
Scout Jamborees
Pet Shows
Auto/Boat Shows
Arts & Crafts Shows
Home & Garden Exhibitions
Wedding Shows
Antique & Gem Shows
Ice Skating
Performing Arts
Medical Symposia
Reunions
Trade Shows
and much more!
Community...
Where will the Exposition
Center he?
Several sites are being evaluated. High
visibility, easy access, and available
utilities are desired prerequisites.
How may voters make
design suggestions?
Jim Singleton Architects invites all inter
ested user groups and individuals to partic
ipate in design input for the final design.
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The Brazos County
Exposition Center
• Mulli-purposc facility providing enter
tainment and recreation for our families
and our youth.
• The quality ofa comuiunilyi’s entertain
ment impacts the quality olTifc.
• Will consist of a Main Mulli-purposc
Activity Center, two auxiliary facilities,
outdoor arena, livestock stables and pens.
• Designed for future expansion of 3,000
additional seats.
• Will be affordable for users.
• Future users wilt have opportunity to help
with the design.
• Abilene reports that Iheir facility yielded ;
$35 million impact annually on Iheir coun-
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• Laredo states that every SI .(X) invested in
that county facility generates S3.00 to
$4.00.
• Cost to taxpayer will be approximately
$2.50 per month for a $IIH),000 home.
• Catering to mid-size events; will fill the
void between Reed Arena and Ihc Ura/os
Center.
• B/CS is one of the largest metropolitan
areas in stale without a facility of litis type.
• The Vision 2020 Committee identified an
Expo Center as the III priority.
• B/CS should not be totally dependent on
A&M to accommodate events.
AGGIELIFE
Monday, N'ovembeiS.
THE BATTALION
Mock the Vote
Forget Bush and Gore— Wolverine for Pn
T omorrow,
millions of
Americans
will head to the
voting booth to
exercise their
constitutional
right to choose
the lesser of two
(or more) evils.
Some people will vote for the
stuffy, pompous career politician,
Al Gore. Others will cast their bal
lots for George W. Bush, the bum
bling underachiever who might just
be the first man to win the presiden
cy by reading cue cards.
Then there are Ralph Nader and
Pat Buchanan, but their winning is
about as likely as Joseph Lieberman
taking a Saturday cruise down the
highway in an SUV while chatting
on a cell phone with Yasser Arafat.
Over the past few months, the
presidential campaign has become
so drab that the media swoons and
the population gasps in amazement
whenever the word “rats” appears
for a fraction of a second on a Re
publican commercial.
In an effort to add some excite
ment to the campaign, here is a
brief catalog of pop icons who
should run for president.
Wolverine
Who cares if Wolverine does not
know crap about the history of the
dispute in the Middle East? The guy
has razor-sharp claws that spring out
from his hands. If that does not draw
voters to the booth, America is tally
in the grips of political apathy.
The downside is that Wolverine
suffers from the same debilitating
label that has seamed such figures
as Howie Mandell and Jason Priest
ley — he is Canadian.
price: having to listen to ’NSyrc
the next four years, when, in the
ural course of boy bands, they
should be gone in two.
John Holmes
The “King of Porn” would make
an entertaining commander-in-chief.
At a minimum, V^hite House philan
dering would finally be openly pub
lic (possibly even videotaped) and,
with Holmes’ 13-ineh endowment,
the American public would only
have to think about cigars when new
smoking bans are instituted.
With a unique approach to na
tional defense that would not have
to include a validation of “man
hood,” the lives of countless young
soldiers may be saved.
Unfortunately, Holmes is dead,
but at least this is one less presiden
tial hopeful who will be doing Via
gra commercials.
Stephen Hawking
Ignoring the fact that the Os-
ford-educated physicist wasnoi
born in America and couldnolii
for president, the country w
hard-pressed to find a more
man to put into office. Over the
few years, nerdiness has grown
more accepted, and Hawking v
bring in a new era of intellectu;
leadership while keeping Ameri;,
out of economic recession
black holes alike. However, the
neurological disease that keep:
Hawking from moving any beds
part with the exception of a few
gers would make press conferee
tragically long. Having a preside:
waffle his way through answers
bad enough — now imagine the
same runaround as heard throat
Speak-and-Spell.
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Snoop Doggy Dogg
With the possible exceptions of
David Duke and Pat Buchanan,
who would not like to see the “D-
O-double G,” complete with corn
rows, run for office? There has been
a lot of talk about finally putting an
African-American in the White
House, but most of that talk has
centered around mellowed people
like Colin Powell. What Washing
ton, D.C., really needs is a rough
neck to bust a cap in the deficit.
However, turning 1600 Pennsyl
vania Avenue into “Tha Dogg
House” has its downside. If elected
president. Snoop would not have
time to turn out rap albums be
tween getting his smoke on and
groove on with Tony Blair and
threatening to “glock” Saddam
Hussein.
’NSync
As opposed to Holmes, the boys
from ’NSync have girls screaming
out of sheer joy — and it is that
kind of solid support that a candi
date needs to get elected.
Justin, Lance, J.C., Chris and
Joey could be what it takes for
America’s youth to finally head to
the voting booths. More people
know who Justin Timberlake is than
who Al Gore is, and Timberlake
never has needed to solicit money
from Buddhist monks.
However, shaking the dust from
voter’s apathy comes at a
None of these candidates tea
have what it takes to be the com
mander-in-chief, which is why
everyone should vote fortheAs’:|
kid from The Goonies, Data. He:;
charisma and a bad-ass trencho
By now. Data’s bound to be rum;
a seven-figure software compam
and most likely has some good
ideas about how to run the count'
With a foreign policy that cot
include investigating Iraq fort'
by traps" and saving the econon.
from every falling with his "Pin
ers of Power,” Data is the kindc
forward-thinking head of state
America needs to lead it into the.
next millennium. Besides, itisf
time America had a leader-who fr
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coats instead of semi-automatic;
machine guns.
Zach De La Rocha
One must consider the politi
cally outspoken, former frontman
of Rage Against the Machine. Since
the breakup of the band, he has free
time to either record a solo alburn or
save the world from the many faces
of despotic totalitarianism.
It is possible that De La Rocha
knows more about welfare reform
than Bush (or least he might know
Social Security is a federal pro
gram). Unfortunately, a De La
Rocha administration would be
short-lived as he would likely be the
first president to assassinate himself.
Willie Nelson
As the Farm Aid pa
triarch, Willie has
shown concern for one
of the most important,
but underreported is
sues facing America.
As an added bonus, he
smokes more pot by 9 a.m.
than Matthew McConaugh
ey does all day. Unfor
tunately, Willie just
does not have the
backing to win the
presidency. He does
not even have
enough money to
keep the banks from
foreclosing on his house.
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