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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Those developments were in Phoenix, no?
Phoenix doesn't have any ability to limit development in Tempe, AFAIK.
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Their position is laid out in their lawsuit and is based on the airport and flight paths and a previous agreement between Tempe and Phoenix. The previous development they stopped was in Tempe also. From the AP:
"This is the second time that Phoenix has gone after a sports-related project of Tempe's based on airport issues.
In 2001, Tempe won a bid to be the new home of the Arizona Cardinals, who wanted their own stadium instead of using Arizona State University's Sun Devil stadium. But construction never started after the Federal Aviation Administration said the stadium would create a flight-navigation danger with its height.
Similar to today, the city of Phoenix threatened to go to court to get a temporary restraining order to stop Tempe from building the $335 million stadium, just a couple miles east of the airport's north runway.
Tempe ceded the stadium bid when it became clear construction could lead to lawsuits."
I guess we'll see what happens.