Over half of voters in Albuquerque rejected the ballot measure on Tuesday regarding a $50 million bond designated for the building of a new soccer stadium for New Mexico United. 

Numbers collected from ballots reported that 65% of voters said no to the bond, while only 35% said yes to it, according to KRQE. Even as one of the hottest debated issues on the ballot, with months of TV advertisements and rallies, the bond was overwhelmingly shot down. 

"I think you have to go back to the drawing board and say, okay, if you want this stadium, you have to figure out how to do it without any taxpayer dollars," said Gabe Sanchez, a KRQE political analyst. 

In total, the 65% of voters against the bond tallied about 76,484 citizens of Albuquerque. 

"Thank you to everyone who made their voices heard. We move forward together," said New Mexico United in a tweet on Tuesday. 

Sanchez had also mentioned that he believes the bond failed because there was not enough information regarding where the stadium was meant to be built, leaving residents with too many questions about where and why their taxpaying money was going, according to KRQE.

Those that were for the stadium felt that it would help to develop the struggling downtown neighborhoods of Albuquerque, while those against say it would gentrify the area using money that could be used for bigger issues, like crime and homelessness.

The decision to not move forward with the stadium follows a difficult financial year brought about by the pandemic, as well as New Mexico United narrowly missing the playoff qualifications.