Five Flags Civic Center Vote On Expansion In September 2021

A City of Dubuque commission Monday recommended a new date for voters to weigh in on an expansion proposal for Five Flags Center, saying it was important that the issue not get intertwined with other election issues. Five Flags Civic Center Commission members voted unanimously to recommend that City Council members hold the election on September 14, 2021. Voters previously were to be asked to approve the city borrowing up to $74.3 million to demolish the current, four-decade-old facility and construct a facility that stretches across West Fifth Street and increases the capacity from 4,000 seats to more than 6,400. At least 60% of voters would need to back the measure for it to pass. It previously had been set to go to voters in September of this year until council members, acting on a recommendation from the commission in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, voted in April to push it to 2021.