By BJ Austin
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Dallas, TX – Mayor Tom Leppert says it's time for Reunion to go
Leppert: Clearly that arena has served us very well - the people of Dallas very well. The reality of it is, now it's an economic one, and it's time to move forward.
Reunion has lost six million dollars over the five years since the American Airlines Center opened. Roy Compton was one of two people who came to City Hall to oppose demolition.
Compton: You will rob, steal, from each and every citizens of Dallas one of its greatest cultural assets.
The city must now decide if it will declare the land surplus property and trigger a 1975 agreement with developer Ray Hunt to buy the land using a prescribed pricing formula. There's also talk of the city redeveloping the property, or leasing it.