The Costa Mesa City Council claims that it won’t re-zone the fair property to allow for high rises or traffic inducing commercial center, but remember who is pushing this sale
– Dave Ellis.
Ellis has made a career of getting “his people” elected. It may take some time, but he’ll get his three votes on the council and when he does, AEG, which runs LA Live – the shopping and concert zone surrounding the Staples Center in LA, could turn Costa Mesa into “LA Live South.” Not coincidentally, Ellis also has a long-standing relationship with AEG, which we’ve heard has been preselected as the operator of the amphitheatre.
Ellis lives in Newport Beach and couldn’t care less about the quality of life of the residents living next to the fairgrounds. His goal is to line the pockets of his clients and keep the politicians in his pocket to keep his own nest feathered.
The fair board has done this bait and switch routine before. The Pacific Amphitheatre was supposed to be a small 5,000 seat amphitheatre facing away from homes. After the board got its approvals, they turned it into an 18,500 seat arena that blared music into residential neighborhoods.
Now they say that they promise they won’t take out the fairgrounds and replace it with high density housing and traffic clogging malls and retail space. Why should we believe them?
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