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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Roosevelt is part of the Lower Colorado River Basin. So yeah, it has everything to do with it. And no, it isn't as easy as just opening the dam. They have water resources to manage and filling a lake for a real estate development is hardly a wise plan when Arizona is facing water shortages for the next three years. When they are turning off the taps for agriculture, a lake near a shopping district is going to be a very hard sell to not only the Bureau of Reclamation, but tax payers, and people who need water.
They did that because the dam used to create the lake was on the verge of failure. Cleaning up the bottom was just a benefit of the process. There is a reason why there are many organizations who want to see Tempe Town Lake disappear for ever. With the challenges Arizona is going to face with water in the future, those voices might finally win their fight.
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Johnny Waterkins over here
But thank you for the information.
I don’t see this being make or break to anything but more of a, sure that would be nice!
I pass by this location daily on the way into downtown Phoenix and the overall architecture definitely fits in with the rest of the lakefront.
I still think this is very unlikely and I don’t have a lot of hope because, Coyotes…. But this ownership group is doing this right so far, along with pretty much everything else team related.
Ps,
Why are people butthurt about posts like this? CP is a Flames board but has ALWAYS covered the NHL as a whole. Considering The Flames are mid arena plans seeing another plan in the league may be applicable right?