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Venue district board nearly doubles its 2023/24 Civic Center improvement budget, to $1,213,767, 5-0
The Amarillo-Potter Events Venue District board voted 5-0 to raise 2023/24 Civic Center improvements from $615,000 to $1,213,767. Storrs and Civic Center general manager Bo Fowlkes said bids for the budgeted hockey and football improvements came in significantly over the original quotes, and the request added a new basketball floor to let the Civic Center gain new events. Over the next year Fowlkes reported the football turf, Coliseum floor and dasher walls finished while the basketball floor was still being sought; the council bought a $166,746 court in October 2025.[1][2][3][4][5]
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The March 4, 2024 minutes record a request "to increase Civic Center improvements from $615,000 to $1,213,767. Bids came in significantly over the original quotes received for the hockey/football improvements that were budgeted for 2023/24. Additionally, the request includes a new basketball floor that will allow Civic Center the opportunity to gain new events." Mayfield's motion, seconded by Bickerstaff, carried 5-0. [1]
- Original budget
- $615,000
- Amended budget
- $1,213,767
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Fowlkes told the venue district board in May 2024 that the LED lighting project was complete, the football turf had been received, the Coliseum floor replacement would start June 17 and take about three months, and staff were seeking quotes for another basketball court; in November 2024 that the football turf and dasher walls were complete and they "were still looking for a good option for the basketball floor"; and in March 2025 that they "missed out on a quote for a used floor." [2][3][4]
