Everett council approves another $4.8M in stadium spending
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EVERETT — The Everett City Council allocated another $4.8 million to its outdoor stadium project on Wednesday to pay for more design work and the initial costs of property acquisitions on the downtown site.
In total, $3 million of the allocated funds will be spent on bringing the stadium to 60% design, council documents show. Another $1.25 million will go toward initial costs of purchasing land where the stadium may be built. About a dozen businesses currently operate there, according to a city environmental impact study. An additional $550,000 will go toward consultant fees.
That $550,000 is split between three consulting firms. One, Intelligent Partnerships, will be paid $50,000 to support the city in creating a project labor agreement — a project-specific collective bargaining agreement between contractors and labor unions — for the stadium project. The second, Kimley Horn, will be paid $200,000 to start work on the acquisition of property at the stadium site and the relocation of businesses. The third, Shiels Obletz Johnsen, will be paid $300,000 to continue lease negotiations between private partners and refine funding plans, among other tasks.
The city has paid Shiels Obletz Johnsen about $1.1 million for work on the stadium since 2023.
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Everett inks agreement with tenants for downtown stadium
The proposed Outdoor Event Center in Everett took another step forward Wednesday when the city and its anchor tenants — the United Soccer League and Everett AquaSox — affirmed their commitment to the $82 million project.
The AquaSox, a minor league affiliate of the Mariners, and the USL are expected to sign leases this fall, once the stadium design is further along. They have pledged a combined $20 million toward the project.
“We still have a long way to go, but tonight is a big step forward,” Project Manager Scott Pattison said at Wednesday's council meeting.
While the project was prompted by Major League Baseball's new standards for minor league facilities, the USL’s participation has become vital to making the numbers work, Council President Don Schwab told the Business Journal on May 28.
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