http://blog.keloland.com/blog/2011/04/26/morning-meeting-so-whats-next-with-the-events-center/ A look behind the scenes in news, weather and sports Mon, 30 May 2011 16:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.keloland.com/blog/2011/04/26/morning-meeting-so-whats-next-with-the-events-center/comment-page-1/#comment-5602 robert livingston Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:31:39 +0000 http://blog.keloland.com/?p=807#comment-5602 I have traveled to many citys to attend many concerts and have never minded traveling a few exta miles to see other attractions and eat at other places in the city I have been to. The arena site is not very far from downtown. My opinion is that the people downtown need to realize that if they have things that will attract visitors that they will drive a few extra miles to visit it. The city offers many things for people to see even without a new events center and I believe that no matter where the event center is built if the people of Sioux Falls make things attractive visitors will spend their time and money. The people of Sioux Falls need to know that no matter where the events center is it won’t matter if the attractions aren’t visited. The events center at the arena site is only a few miles from downtown and if the business downtown believe that they can’t attract people to the downtown area then maybe they need to look at their advertising and marketing instead of trying to make city look like the bad guy. I can only say that no matter where the events center is built, I believe it will do nothing but good for everyone even the businesses that exist by the arena who in my opinion haven’t been given the same voice as the downtown businesses.

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