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Originally Posted by TAZ4ate0
Yes, but it was really more of a hair brain notion the he and a couple of his croonies dreamed up. It was batted down swiftly. He proposed to shut down Sky Harbor and build a new international airport somewhere just south of Maricopa. In place of where the airport is now, he suggested a theme park along with multi-use office, retail, and condos on the banks of the Salt River. This was about 10 years ago.
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That was in the earlier stages of when DiCiccio and his buddies were making financial investments into land in the Gila River Reservation area and beyond. Competing interests with the City of Phoenix he purportedly represented be damned and all.