How is the O’Neil Aquatics Center doing?

By: Diane Benjamin I continue to get reports of few people at the O’Neil Aquatics Center. According to this article, it cost $13.8 million: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-05-24/oneil-aquatic-center-makes-a-splash-with-memorial-day-weekend-opening H/T a reader. This pic is 6:00 pm on a Thursday night, the pool is open until 7:00: . Keep in mind, instead of replacing both City owned pools that […]

UPDATE: BCPA reports – finally

A reader located the missing artist fees.  The BCPA should know by now they will lose money paying more than $10,000 for an artist!  Only 1 show made money! By:  Diane Benjamin https://www.cityblm.org/government/advanced-components/documents/-folder-1784 A lot of reports were recently posted.  None of them have the artist fee.  I added a few that I could quickly […]

Update to Hiding BCPA numbers!

By:  Diane Benjamin The numbers for the Cultural District were included BELOW Parks and Rec.  Thanks to the person who pointed that one out. Update to this story:  https://blnnews.com/2019/10/30/hiding-bcpa-numbers/ https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=23337 PDF page 195 PDF page 196 Can somebody explain why this is a great idea?  Why is attendance way down? It isn’t Quality of Life […]

Pepsi Ice? Coliseum? Tax increases?

By:  Diane Benjamin Pepsi hasn’t paid for naming rights at the Ice Center for years.  That doesn’t keep Bloomington from still giving them free advertising: PDF page 196 of the annual financial statements:     http://www.cityblm.org/home/showdocument?id=20281 “Pepsi” is also on PDF pages 32 and 33. Grossinger Motors does pay for naming rights of the former US […]