ROSENBERG, Texas (KTRK) -- Fort Bend County is looking to add a hotel and convention center near its arena, but first, it's looking to Rosenberg for help.

Two years ago, Fort Bend County opened the Epicenter. An arena that Craig Polke lives a mile from.

He remembers what traffic was like when some of the first events took place.

"People couldn't get into the graduation, and kids were running across the street trying to get to the ceremony," Polke recalled.

Fort Bend ISD students scrambled to arrive at the Epicenter. Polke said traffic has improved, but it's still busy.

"I go the back way," Polke said. "If I know there's something there, I'm going to swing around the back way."

A route Polke acknowledges he may need to take more often, with what else could be coming to the event spac

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