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$2.4-million grant to complete the project, but DISH will be responsible for upkeep and maintenance costs after the initial assembly is complete.

e 146-foot rocket booster — almost half the length of a football eld — will sit horizontal on the western end of the DISH campus, spanning the Littles Creek Trail. It will be on supports that keep the booster about 10 feet o the ground.

Councilors Patrick Driscoll, Kelly Milliman, Stephen Barr and Jerry Valdes raised concerns regarding the location, particularly the impact it would have on foot and bike tra c on the Mary Carter Greenway.

Ergen said that DISH landed on the location because it was “o the beaten path,” referring to Bowles and Santa Fe tra c, while still being accessible to