At last night’s meeting the Winston-Salem City Council approved $28 million for capital improvements. Renovations to Bowman Gray Stadium is the big-ticket item, with $9 million going toward upgrades in…
Winston-Salem Journal updates on the proposed sale of Bowman Gray Stadium from the City of Winston-Salem to Winston Salem State University. The city approved a resolution of intent to sell…
The Journal reports: Winston-Salem still holds the title to Bowman Gray Stadium almost a year after city leaders voted to sell it, with no firm word on when or if…
The NC Spin website promoted Carolina Journal Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s recent article comparing North Carolina’s new election laws to those in more “liberal” states, along with Carolina Journal Radio…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on the state budget provision that would pave the way for Winston-Salem State to buy Bowman Gray Stadium and the adjacent Civitan Park.…
Passes the Senate, awaits Gov. McCrory’s signature. WSSU is buying the stadium from the City of Winston-Salem for $7.1 million, including debt repayment.
Apparently Rep. Dale Folwell was the puppeteer in the effort to pull the sale of Bowman Gray Stadium to Winston-Salem State University, but fellow Forsyth Rep. Debra Conrad says: Although…
Winston-Salem City Manager Lee Garrity tells the Journal that Wake Forest University has agreed to keep Joel Coliseum open to the public past 2034 should the sale go through. Only…
The Winston-Salem Journal editorializes: The public legacy of Winston-Salem’s only Medal of Honor winner will now be preserved if the city sells the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Wake…
A Winston-Salem City Council committee has passed a resolution supporting the sale of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum and Bowman Gray Stadium to Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University,…
The City of Winston-Salem wants to unload Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum and Bowman Gray Stadium before the next fiscal year, unburdening taxpayers of $30 million over the next 20 years.…
Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Donald Reaves and Wake Forest University athletics director Ron Wellman made their respective pitches to the City Council’s finance committee to purchase Bowman Gray Stadium and…