Voters reject a Civic Center expansion bond in a seven-proposition package; streets and public safety pass
Amarillo voters approved two of seven City capital-improvement bond propositions: street improvements ($89.5 million) and public safety ($20.1 million). Five propositions totaling $230 million failed, including one for the Amarillo Civic Center. Texas Scorecard reported the Civic Center proposition at $83.4 million.[1][2]
In November 2016 Amarillo voters approved two of seven City bond propositions (streets and public safety); five propositions totaling $230 million failed, including one for the Amarillo Civic Center.[1][2]
Propositions total
7
Passed
2
Failed
5
Failed total
$230,000,000
⚠ Sources differ
Reported amounts of the two approved 2016 propositions differ slightly by source.
Texas Scorecard: Texas Scorecard reported the failed 2016 Civic Center proposition as $83.4 million for expansion of the Amarillo Civic Center; a 2019 Texas Scorecard article described it as an $83 million civic center bond.[2][3]
Rounded figure in 2019 coverage of the $319M plan.
✓ Verified
City of Amarillo press release (Nov. 9, 2016), as reported by HPPR: The City said the two approved 2016 propositions would be funded through tax-supported debt repaid over five years.[1]