Hawaii Gov. David Ige approves $400M toward new stadium project
HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige cleared the way Wednesday for $400 million of state money to be applied toward a new stadium in Halawa, an essential step for the repeatedly delayed project.
Ige’s support for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District — he did not include it in his budgetary line-item vetoes for House Bill 1600 — came as a relief to stadium proponents like state Sen. Glenn Wakai, whose purview includes the 98-acre Halawa site of the condemned Aloha Stadium and future mixed-use NASED project.
Wakai had considered it a “50-50 chance” that Ige, who has a history of tepid support for a new stadium, would veto the money.
