The new arena controversy

We already have controversy over the new arena, and the contract to build it has not even been awarded yet. According to the criteria set forth to decide the best bid, the winning contractor is from out of state, and now the local contractors that bid are crying foul. I am all for jobs staying local as much as we can, but if they do go with a local contractor that didn't actually win the bidding process, that coud set the city up for a lawsuit. With luck a solution can be reached to satisfy all parties. However, if a company other than the winner is picked, it could potentially hurt our chances of getting out of state bidders to bid on public projects here.