WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Where do the Watertown City Council candidates stand on the future of the Thompson Park Golf Course?

Year 3 of running the golf course just wrapped up, and the numbers aren’t in.

In year one, it lost close to $300,000. Year 2, a loss of $260,000.

The 4 Watertown City Council candidates are waiting to see how the course did. If it continues to lose money, the candidates feel there’ll be a time to cut the city’s losses.

“If it does not break even by the end of next season, I would vote to close it,” said Anthony Velazquez.

“I think you’ve got to give them 3-4 years, 5 years, and at that point, if they’re not pretty darn close to negative, then I think we’ve got to look at some serious alternative - I don’t want to close it next year,” said Pete Monaco.

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