Remember ‘Arena Developer’ Chris Milam in Henderson? He’s Suing a Texas City Over a Stalled Project
By ALAN SNEL
LVSportsBiz.com
He's back.
And he's involved in another lawsuit with another town.
Developer Chris Milam, who sweet-talked former Henderson city officials six years ago into thinking he would build an arena project in their city, has sued the city of Bee Cave and three city council members in Texas over his stalled development proposal at an outdoor music venue on 36 acres outside Austin.
Milam's Backyard Partners, LLC filed a lawsuit dated Jan. 22 that asserts in the introduction's first sentence that, "This case is one of a few bad apples spoiling the bunch."
Also known as the famed "Few Bad Apples" legal argument.
Milam's law firm, Austin, Texas-based Weisbart Springer Hayes, argued in legal papers that three city council members -- Bill Goodwin, Monty Parker and Kara King -- "have actively campaigned to prevent the re-development of Bee Cave's music and cultural center -- the Backyard amph