MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- If a new stadium for the Arizona Cardinals is going to be built in Mesa, the project will have to win the approval of city voters first.
A group opposed to Mesa's role in the planned football stadium has been successful in getting its measure certified for the ballot.
On Monday, the Mesa City Council will decide whether to put the measure before voters or withdraw the city's stadium bid.
If it proceeds, the city will have until June 26 to pull out of the stadium deal before incurring costs.
Mesa voters have twice rejected stadium proposals, but Mayor Keno Hawker, an opponent of past proposals, is ready to campaign for this one. Even so, City Council members want a commitment from the Tourism and Sports Authority trying to build the stadium.
TSA officials said they will decide by June 25 whether to stick with Mesa or scrap the deal and find a new host. The authority faces a Sept. 12 deadline -- two days after the Sept. 10 Mesa election -- to find a home for the project or face a countywide vote on whether to shut it down. That makes it risky for the authority to wait for the Mesa election's outcome.
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