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industry. The arena is part of every pitch the CVB makes, and it’s a tool in SMG’s bag when luring touring performances here. The city’s Sports Authority, responsible for recruiting NCAA tournaments to town, also considers it a strength.
But a trade-off for more hotel and convention space is worth considering, said Sports Authority Execu- tive Director Bryan Miller.
The current con guration is used by sporting teams and is an important piece of the pitch for tourna- ments. Having two regulation-sized basketball courts on-site is a major appeal for the NCAA when choosing host sites, Miller said, because teams need venues to practice in between games. It means players don’t have to be bused between locations.
But more full-service hotels would also better equip Sioux Falls to host more tournaments, too, he said.
“The hotel and the arena would be my biggest two pieces,” Miller said. “If they tear it down and add a hotel . that would be all right because we can always nd another practice facility for some things.”
The consultant expects to have its work completed and report submitted to City Hall by year’s end. But with the earliest major repairs scheduled for 2019, the city has about a year to gure out its plan for the arena’s future use.
Huether said whatever the recommendations, the city should nd a way to add a hotel without sacri c- ing the oor-space the arena provides.
“It is critical, that oor space, and to have it be contiguous is just so vital,” he said. “So to me, we’ve got to nd a way to do both and if you bring an architect in here, they could nd a way to do something beautiful.”
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Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com
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Iowa dairy family expands farm to generate more revenue By BENNET GOLDSTEIN, Telegraph Herald
GUTTENBERG, Iowa (AP) — Of the professions Maureen Seevers contemplated as a child — meteorolo- gist, astronaut, the things kids think about — she found herself drawn down to earth, to the dairy barns where she grew up on the family farm.
“Once I got to where I wanted to go to college, I was a little more realistic and decided that I would follow what I already know best, and that was the farming life,” she told the Telegraph Herald . “I love working with animals. I love being outside ... most days.”
Seevers, 32, and her siblings, Travis Kregel, 30, and Megan Kregel, 28, work on their parents’ farm in Guttenberg. They grow corn, beans and cover crops and milk about 370 cows.
The farm has been in their family for six generations, and the siblings hope to take full ownership of the operation when their parents, Gary and Darlene Kregel, retire.
In anticipation, the family expanded its dairy operation in 2013 and 2014.
“The operation has to generate more income to basically support four families,” Gary said. “You simply