- May 13, 2025
Dear Editor:
About this sports complex that some are pushing for, I have a few questions:
1) Have there been any studies with regard to other cities the size of Palm Coast with similar sports complexes? Needs to be apples to apples not compared to Orlando for example.
2) If this is to be county run why do we think this would make so much money compared to the municipal golf courses that fail to turn a profit?
3) Why should anyone believe the projected figures from the people that want to build it? And where do they come up with these crazy figures? Make around $70 million, a year? Really! Lacrosse and soccer tournaments will bring in over a million dollars a week?
4) I'm also against spending money (bonds/loans) that we don’t have, in the hope this will all work out.
But my biggest reason against it is Palm Coast has wastewater/stormwater/drinking water facility issues that must be addressed before we spend on a pipe dream. Our present system is over capacity.
Today especially with all the trace chemicals (PFAS), pharmaceuticals, and other contaminants in our water supply we need a state-of-the-art water facility; we owe this to our children so they can drink clean water.
If we took care of the necessary stuff first, I'd love to see a well thought-out sports complex, sized for our area. Again, we need common sense and realistic governance.
Don Brennan
Flagler Beach
