Green Touch Builders | County Executive Abele explores merging Wisconsin Center board with new arena authority
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April 13, 2015 By SEO Admin

County Executive Abele explores merging Wisconsin Center board with new arena authority

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is exploring combining the Wisconsin Center District with a public authority created to run a new downtown Milwaukee arena as one aspect of funding the $500 million arena project, said Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau).

Abele lacks the power to make that decision — the Wisconsin Center District is autonomous and was created by the state Legislature — and his office is not saying how he would approach the strategy. Wisconsin Center…