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Artist’s renderings show the proposed new James Brown Arena and Bell Auditorium entertainment complex. [IMAGES COURTESY OF PERKINS & WILL] Inspired by diagonals, such as Brown’s microphone stand and a golf swing, the 10-story arena is capped with a pentagonal dome and will be joined with the Bell Auditorium by shared office, kitchen and other space. Its $228 million price tag does not include adding an $18.5 million parking deck, $16.7 million ballroom or $4 million ice system. The project will get a jump-start if voters approve special purpose local option sales tax 8, which appears on the March 16 ballot includes $25 million for the arena. The authority also is using $8 million it recouped from refinancing an earlier project for which it issued bonds – the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center parking garage – to get the project rolling, Usry said. “That will take us to the point of where we’ll put a shovel in the ground, which we’re hoping will be a year from now,” Usry said. The authority will continue the important process of securing buy-in by the public as it prepares a bond issue for the remaining funds to place on the November ballot, Usry said. 50 | 1736magazine.com
Money to build a replacement for the James Brown Arena in Augusta goes before voters in March. [MICHAEL HOLAHAN/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE] WWW.MEYBOHMCOMMERCIAL.COM 1736magazine.com | 51
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