Latest Article|September 3, 2020|Free
::Making Grown Men Cry Since 1992
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Noise and dust: three days a week, 11 months a year. That’s the major contribution the city’s BMX stadium makes to the Clayton Heights/Lomas Del Cielo neighborhood, say several residents. "There’s been constant noise from construction, repairs, the crowd and the announcer," says Clayton Heights resident Rosina Roibal. "It’s really annoying."The stadium is on the southeast corner of Buena Vista and Cesar Chavez and is less than a couple hundred feet from the area. Nine people, including Roibal, have brought a lawsuit, charging that the city broke its own ordinances when it built the Duke City BMX Track so close to the neighborhood. The residents filing the lawsuit against the City of Albuquerque say the noise from the PA system and the dust created by the open-air stadium’s sand dunes are a tremendous nuisance. The suit, set for trial in the fall, also says the track caused housing values in the area to drop.