The ADA shortfalls at the Civic Center

http://www.kotatv.com/news/south-dakota-news/What-are-the-ADA-mandates-for-the-civic-center/31361450

"The Justice Department has identified many ADA deficiencies in the Barnett Arena. The city accepted that all those items needed correction and has now entered into an agreement with the Justice Department to fix them. The items to be corrected are listed in an attachment to the settlement agreement.
Rapid City Attorney Joel Landeen says that the city did not try to negotiate around any of the items listed by the DOJ. 'e didn't want to argue about it, we didn't want to have litigation. All of the stuff in the balance of the facility we thought was legitimate' said Landeen.
The Justice Department noted that a pervasive problem in the arena is that there are not seats for people with disabilities at all levels of the facility. Right now, there is only one handicapped section. The other DOJ concerns mostly has to do with floor slopes being greater than 5 percent, counter heights, and bathrooms.
Proponents of the expansion say it will cost the city $38 million to address all the ADA concerns."

So from $38 million to $180 million. So that's...  $142 million more. Meanwhile, our schools are firing people because they don't have enough money to function normally.

I am proud of the education I got here in Rapid City, from kindergarten to the 9th grade.  I think that is the backbone of our community, not a place to have concerts.