The owner of The Eddy is proposing leasing City Plaza from Reno to keep his business from having to close.
The owner believes revenue will drop when the reconstruction of the Sierra Street Bridge starts next year, so, he's proposing leasing City Plaza and relocating The Eddy to that site.
"The business impacts from these bridges are not projected - it's not a what-if scenario, these are real impacts,” says Kurt Stitser.
The owner says his lease at the current location is up next year and it doesn't think it would be worth it to renew it at the same spot.
However, at Monday’s meeting of the City's Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board some people opposed turning the public space private.
"I really don't buy the argument that this Sierra street construction is going to affect the Eddy specifically so negatively that out of sympathy for their plight we must lease this land,” says Stephen Zipkin, who opposes the lease.
On Monday, the board voted 4-3 to forward The Eddy's proposal to the Reno City Council to discuss taking action on it at a later date.
