As much as the city of Camden would like to have the venue, it won't be built there. The contenders are the cities of Pennsauken, Winslow and Lawnside, according to freeholder director Jeffrey Nash.
Pennsauken apparently has the inside track. It has a 70-acre site targeted as a redevelopment zone, and an alternate waterfront site, and is awaiting a $20 million redevelopment grant from the state. The big "if" is the latter – it has to be in the state budget by the beginning of the new fiscal year, which is July 1.
If the grant doesn't make it into the budget, then it's off for at least another year, and county freeholders are unlikely to wait that long. The funding would be used to buy the property, demolish existing structures and prep it for the civic center.
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