BACK ON TRACK? Aurora will again ask voters for permission to pursue racetrack, entertainment complex. The measure would quarantine a potential entertainment hub to the tract of land north of Interstate 70 and east of Hudson Road, according to proposed language. A development would also be prohibited from breaking ground within a half mile of any property in a residential zone.
[Mayor Steve] Hogan pointed to a 1,700-acre parcel of city-owned land, located roughly near the intersection of 26th Avenue and Hudson Road, about five miles west of Front Range Airport, as a possible home for a recreation multiplex.
More than just a potential Nascar-style motor speedway, that entertainment district could include concert venues, retail strips or even a minor league baseball stadium, Mounier said. Both she and Mitchell pointed to the Kansas Speedway development in Kansas City as a potential blueprint for Aurora’s vision. That venue is hugged by an outlet mall, a baseball stadium, a water park, a casino and other developments.
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/back-track-aurora-will-ask-voters-permission-pursue-racetrack-entertainment-complex/
Commentary: In the Obama era, Aurora proposed to build a laboratory and testbed for renewable energy on the land. See: Aurora Center for Renewable Energy (ACRE) . In the Trump era, the plan for a renewable energy laboratory will be scrapped, and a motor speedway built instead.
Aurora has had two speedways in the past - the Century 21 speedway near Picadilly and Tower, and the Second Creek Raceway near 88th and Buckley.
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