Austin, Texas developer Chris Milam has sued a city outside Austin over a stalled development project. He ran into problems with the city of Henderson when he failed to develop an arena project in the city. Photo credit: Austin Business Journal

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
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Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.