The Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach just got a 25-year deal that guarantees the operators thousands of public parking spots and other benefits, like the city paying for public safety at the three-day event.

Huntington Beach City Council members greenlit a two decade deal with the airshow operators of the Pacific Airshow at Tuesday’s council meeting

While a majority of council members publicly praised the deal, Councilman Chad Williams raised a host of concerns – mostly centered around just how much tax money the airshow brings to Surf City.

“I hate to say it, but I just don’t see it,” Williams said. “There’s so many numbers we don’t know.”

Casey McKeon, one of the three council members left from when the original airshow settlement was approved, said that while “no one’s happy with

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