STATELINE, Nev. — While a redevelopment agency approved to help fund a Stateline event center will disappear as of Jan. 1, its $1.3 million ghost will continue to haunt Douglas County. Voters decided to eliminate the district after a petition placed an initiative on the ballot. Slightly a week after the petition was certified, county commissioners approved a contract with the Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority providing $34.25 million to build the center. At their Dec. 17 meeting, county commissioners were told that bonds have been sold as a result of the action and preliminary construction has begun. “From a legal standpoint, legislative action generally cannot impair a pre-existing contractual obligation,” Deputy District Attorney Zach Wadlé said. “But at the same time, no other redevelopment area and no tax increment can be collected beyond what’s required.”