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Almost a year and a half ago, I wrote about Cumberland County’s plans to divert money from the school system to build a ballpark in Fayetteville for the Single-A Advanced…
High Point Enterprise reports Samet Corp has been selected as the designer/builder for the proposed $38 million downtown baseball stadium. Samet has experience with stadiums, as it the BB&T Ballpark…
Yesterday, I saw a headline: “Cumberland County agrees to fund share of baseball stadium.” I rolled my eyes, but I’d known this was coming and it was late in the…
Michael Lowrey reports for Carolina Journal Online on a recent state Appeals Court ruling against N.C. magistrates who were seeking higher pay. Lowrey’s Daily Journal questions Fayetteville’s proposal to spend…
Fans of this recent Julie Tisdale column might appreciate Ira Boudway and Kate Smith’s recent Bloomberg Businessweek feature on the Atlanta Braves’ recent history of major and minor league stadium…
Back in May of last year, I was up in Connecticut for my cousin’s wedding. Afterwards my father and I went over to New Britain and had a blast at…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online about the Wilmington City Council’s decision to put a $37 million bond issue on the November ballot for a minor-league baseball stadium. John…
On the subject of the arts, JLF President John Hood says taxpayers should not be “compelled to pay for the creation of art,” no matter what the so-called experts say:…
The citizens committee charged with keeping an eye on Winston-Salem’s taxpayer-funded BB&T Ballpark has been dissolved: Members of the Citizens Baseball Stadium Review Committee asked the city to disband the…
OK — I noticed the hed —- Winston-Salem scores top minor-league market in state, a victory for economic development Then I read the editorial and I said to myself ‘that’s…
The N&R (unposted) ran a comparison of ‘fan costs’ among five minor league ballparks in North Carolina —-Winston Salem’s BB&T Ball Park (Dash), Greensboro’s New Bridge Bank Park (Grasshoppers), Hickory’s…
Looks like the N&R has banished Ed Hardin’s column to the e-edition. I’ll let you, dear readers, decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. At any rate,…