Summary
If the City Council president has his way, the chief local topic this autumn will be what is next for Evansville's Roberts Stadium, nearly a half-century old. He wants a nice, deliberate discussion.
There is little debate that the 12,500-seat facility, alternately referred to as the Sports Center and Municipal Stadium when it opened in 1956 (and dubbed "Roberts' Folly" by some), now is an established center point of life in the Tri-State. From a discussion last week during a hearing on the 2006 city budget, there appears to be no serious resistance on the council to Steve Bagbey's notion that now is the time to talk.See the full content of this document
Extract
Bagbey Wants to Take Time On Stadium
"But I want us to take our time. I don't want to be rushed," Bagbey, D-2nd Ward, says.
The specter of recent years' unsuccessful push under tight deadlines for a new riverfront baseball stadium still lurks...See the full content of this document
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