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JANESVILLE–If the Janesville City Council decides to move ahead Monday night on a borrowing package for the Woodman’s Sports and Convention Center, the amount is likely to be $17.3 million.

If it’s built and run under current plans, a consultant estimates the Woodman’s Sports and Convention could operate in the red every year through at least 2028.

For just one buck, the city could become the new owner of the former Sears store at Uptown Janesville, the site the city's eyeing in a public-private proposal to build a new, two-sheet ice arena.

It might have taken a surprise hit of employee turnover and increases to fees and wheel taxes to fund city roadwork, but the city of Janesville could make relative history if it passes its proposed 2022 budget.