Two hundred girls basketball teams from around the country are playing on 10 courts inside the Convention Center this weekend. If city leaders have their way, those teams could compete in a nearby field house within two years.
The City Council will vote May 9 on whether to set aside the first $4 million of a $40 million plan for the facility as part of the fiscal year 2018 budget.
The city plans to build a field house on land it owns near the Convention Center on 19th Street at the Oceanfront. The city would use public facility revenue bonds, which are issued by the Virginia Beach Development Authority. Taxes on restaurant meals, hotel rooms and amusements would be used to pay off the debt.
