3 former governors urge plans for new Aloha Stadium to be cancelled
A key state lawmaker expressed frustration with the pace of redevelopment of the land surrounding Aloha Stadium and said legislators may have to reconsider which agencies oversee the project.
The Aloha Stadium Authority and Department of Accounting and General Services, or DAGS, have been charged by state lawmakers with building a new stadium. That is part of a massive public-private partnership that would also create retail space, offices, and housing on the site in Halawa. It was hoped a new stadium would be built by 2024, but that timeline has been pushed back indefinitely.
Former Governors John Waihee, Ben Cayetano, and Neil Abercrombie wrote a letter to lawmakers suggesting that the University of Hawaiʻi play its home football games permanently on campus, as they would have to wait too long for another stadium to be built.
They said the 98-acre site should be used solely for commercial development and affordable housing.
Read more: https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2021-10-28/three-former-governors-urge-plans-for-new-aloha-stadium-to-be-cancelled
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