Cross Hollow covered outdoor arena
Cedar City plans a covered outdoor arena at the Cross Hollow Event Center. On Oct. 14, 2026 the council had two separate items on its action agenda: construction bids for the arena, and whether to waive all or part of the arena's impact fees. The agenda names no bidders, amounts or fee figures, and the meeting's memos were not readable in the posted packet, so the bid, any award and the waiver remain separate open questions. Impact fees are charges on new development, so a waiver would shift that cost to the city's other funds; no figure for that is available.
Denied
- Type
- Public project
- Location
- Cross Hollow Event Center
- City Council: Bids for the covered outdoor arena at Cross Hollow Event Center
- City Council: Waiving impact fees for the covered outdoor arena
- City Council work session: Covered outdoor arena bids and impact fee waiver
In brief
Cross Hollow covered outdoor arena appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of October 7, 2026 to the City Council meeting of October 14, 2026.
On record, it was approved once and denied once.
The most recent decision was denied (5-0) at the City Council meeting of October 14, 2026.
Follow the money and project delivery
Cross Hollow covered outdoor arena
- Council action
Approved: Bids for the covered outdoor arena at Cross Hollow Event Center · Draft minutes Record → · Oct. 14, 2026
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
October 14, 2026 · City Council
Bids for the covered outdoor arena at Cross Hollow Event Center
Approved · 5-0
The council approved the bid for the covered outdoor arena project at the Cross Hollow Event Center. The vote was unanimous. Councilmember Phillips questioned the arena's location and visibility; he dropped the concern after Councilmember Cox noted trucks and trailers already block the view.
October 14, 2026 · City Council
Waiving impact fees for the covered outdoor arena
Denied · 5-0
The council voted unanimously to deny waiving the arena's impact fees; the city will pay them. Councilmember Wilkey questioned how the transportation fee is calculated. The city manager said it is based on square footage and a trip-generation manual, and the city engineer said staff are checking the manual for a more fitting land-use category that would lower it.
October 7, 2026 · City Council work session
Covered outdoor arena bids and impact fee waiver
Discussed · 5-0
The city received seven bids; the low bidder is Doug Hunt Construction. Staff said the building permit requires impact fees and the budget does not cover them. The Cross Hollow Event Center operator said the donor funding the arena, nearly $3 million, would not pay what he called outrageous impact fees; Councilmember Cox noted the transportation fee alone was almost $85,000. Councilmember Phillips called waiving the city's own fees a slippery slope, and Councilmember Schmidt agreed the city should pay; the city manager suggested the city pay the fees from the general fund and that engineering look for a lower-impact category in the transportation manual. The bids went to the action agenda.