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Rapid City Residents Reject $180M Civic Center Expansion

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City residents have rejected a proposed $180 million expansion of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

Unofficial returns from Tuesday’s election show 61 percent of the 12,902 voters were against the idea.

The project would have replaced the facility’s 9,400-seat arena with one that could seat up to 19,000 people. The City Council approved the expansion in December, but an opposition group submitted petitions to force the public vote

Supporters of the proposed project considered it a wiser investment than upgrading the existing facility, which doesn’t comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Opponents questioned the cost of what would have been the costliest project in city history.

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