The city has not officially rejected Temple's multi-purpose facility yet. What has happened is that the local city council member in Temple's area has said that he will not support it unless the locals do.
It would seem like it is dead with him saying that but Temple says that they expect approval in June. Temple would need approval from the city planning commission and another city agency. Seems like to me that they are daring the councilman to reject it if the two commissions approve it.
Keep in mind that this facility will include two classroom buildings and perhaps 8 retail stores along with the stadium. Also in the works is money from Temple to fix up a rec center and open another one for the community.
The 8 retail stores and the two rec centers would greatly benefit the community. That's an awful lot to reject because they don't want Temple to play 6 football games on campus.