A legal dispute between two business partners has stalled the construction of a sports complex partially funded by $25.4 million in sales tax money. That fight over finances, and the pending lawsuit it spawned, could jeopardize the completion of Sports of the World. The project is financed by Kansas Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, or STAR bonds, and championed as a regional tourist draw for western Kansas. “It’s currently on hold pending the kind of resolution of some litigation between the two … partners that are involved in the Sports of the World project,” said Bob North, the chief counsel for the Kansas Department of Commerce.
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