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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Broomfield Opens the Events Center

East Boulder County residents should take notice of the grand opening of the Broomfield Events Center on November 5. Our friends to the south and east continue to take aggressive steps towards the creation of a multi-faceted community with this 180,000 sq. foot, 6000-seat arena. Read more about the Center at YourHub.com.

Our communities are definitely part of the business plan for the center, as the special events and resident sports clubs intend to draw attendance from as far away as Longmont.

As part of the larger 217-acre mixed-use Arista development, the BEC will begin contributing $400,000 a year towards Broomfield's parks and open space. Funding for such quality of life amenities will increase in several years, after the bonds to pay for the BEC are paid off. In fact, the BEC is projected to bring in $7 million in sales tax post-bond payoff. At build-out in 2015, about 3,000 residents are expected live at Arista.

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