While the proposed plan for the Lane Events Center does not include space for the Lane County History Museum currently on the property, what really struck me was that the museum was not even included in a group of selected stakeholders to discuss the future of the events center. Travel Lane County was. So was the Lane County Home and Garden Show. Why wasn’t the museum involved?

When the proposed Lane County multi-use stadium for the Eugene Emeralds and other events at the fairgrounds was being discussed, Travel Lane County was against it. Now they want a hotel and convention center there. Why all of a sudden is Travel Lane County back involved trying to fill in hotel rooms?

Would not a hotel increase traffic? This was a concern with the stadium. When looking at this new proposal, it will bring more people to the events center, which the stadium would have also done and which neighbors around the fairgrounds did not want.

Leaving a major party like the museum out of the discussions tells me this could already be a done deal. Nothing like stabbing the museum in the back.

Steven E. Hunnicutt
Eugene