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Kaohsiung’s Big Dome Will Not Be Built at the 205 Arsenal Under Mayor Chen Chi-mai

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Kaohsiung officials said a Big Dome at the 205 Arsenal will not be built during Mayor Chen Chi-mai’s current term.
  • Deputy Mayor Lin Chin-jung said the site, project scale and financing require further professional assessment, leaving the decision to the next mayor.
  • The proposal faces questions over land costs, traffic evacuation, potential users and the number of events the venue could host.

Kaohsiung’s proposed Big Dome at the 205 Arsenal will not be completed during Mayor Chen Chi-mai’s term. Deputy Mayor Lin Chin-jung told the city council that the final decision should be left to the next mayor.

Lin said the site, the venue’s scale and its financing still require professional evaluation. The assessment must also consider zoning, evacuation arrangements, the source of potential users and the number of events the facility could host.

Leave the construction of the Big Dome to the next mayor to decide.

— Lin Chin-jungKaohsiung’s deputy mayor told the city council that the project should be decided by the next administration.

The proposal has been championed by Kuomintang councilor Chen Li-na and legislator Lai Jui-lung, who has promoted a “Greater Bay Area plan” centered on the 205 Arsenal. The TSG Hawks baseball team said in April that it had discussed the idea with Lai and reached a shared understanding.

This piece of land is very valuable.

— Chen Chi-maiThe mayor previously highlighted the value of the 205 Arsenal site.

The financial burden is a central issue. The 205 Arsenal is being developed through land readjustment by the city’s Land Administration Bureau, with the Average Land Right Fund expected to borrow more than NT$60 billion. Annual interest payments are estimated at NT$600 million to NT$700 million. Chen Li-na said the city would need to explain how it would recover the land and development costs if about 10 hectares were used for the dome, with the land alone estimated at roughly NT$10 billion.

The 205 Arsenal covers 58 hectares near Kaisyuan Station in Kaohsiung’s Asia New Bay Area. Lai has argued that about 10 hectares could accommodate the dome, offices and corporate headquarters, while 15 hectares would remain a forest park and more than 30 hectares would remain available for development. He has described the site’s proximity to the airport, four metro stops away, as its main advantage over other possible locations.

The biggest advantage of the 205 Arsenal is that it is located in the Asia New Bay Area, just four metro stops from the airport.

— Lai Jui-lungLai argued that the site offered stronger incentives than other potential locations.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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