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Mason City council ready to award first bid for work on multi-purpose arena

Mayor Bill Schickel

MASON CITY – The Mason City council is set to award the first bid for work on the planned multi-purpose arena that will be constructed in the former JC Penney building in Southbridge Mall.

Mayor Bill Schickel said Monday that the action will be taken Tuesday night at the city council meeting, 7 PM at the library.  Five “very competitive” bids were turned in to demo the interior of the vacant retail box, he says, but the lucky winner will likely be Charleson Excavating of Clear Lake as the low bidder. Schickel said in a social media video that the bids ranged from over $800,000 to just $290,000.

Once the demo of the interior of the building is completed, the next rounds of bids will be for the actual construction of the arena. The arena needs to be completed as soon as possible, it has been said by officials, to accommodate the ice enthusiasts in town.

Soon-to-be home for a multi-purpose arena.

Meanwhile, opposition to the project festers in the community, with some questioning the cost, location, and other attributes of the arena and the so-called Renaissance Project.  Calls for action and attendance at tonight’s council meeting were made on social media platforms, with some citizens sounding off on their confusion with the project and apprehension of high tax rates already in the community and the prospect of taxpayers covering construction costs and on-going arena and mall maintenance as well as lease fees paid over decades to the mall owner, Michael Kohan.

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