Two months after giving developers Cordish Cos. another two months to “reduce or eliminate” public subsidies for their MLS soccer stadium plan, the Las Vegas city council voted yesterday to give them another 16 days. Not that the subsidies have been significantly reduced or eliminated — though the council has proposed redirecting some of the stadium money to build public parks — but who knows, maybe there will be a breakthrough?
The swing vote at this point, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, appears to be councilmember Bob Coffin, who is now saying things like “Give and take are part of politics. Nothing is perfect.” That sure sounds like just haggling over the price, but I guess we’ll find out by December 17. Maybe.