 The PACC proposal has been controversial, largely over funding and self-sustaining concerns (a similar city project, the Federal Way Community Center, opened in 2007 and ran for most of its operational history in the red), but has the support of most city leaders.It opened as the Performing Arts & Event Center (PAEC) in August 2017.Also in 2014, ahead of Veterans Day, the city introduced a flagpole on South 320th Street between Pacific Highway South and Pete von Reichbauer Way South.