Baseball Stadium Plan Moves Forward

Posted by Downtown Reno Development Feed on July 12, 2007 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

As I mentioned from the CAC meeting, Mark Lewis presented to the council yesterday their preferred spot for a baseball stadium, and the Council agreed, giving the green light to staff to file all necessary paperwork to begin looking at the 8-acre site off of Evans Avenue as the first choice for a stadium. The Council mentioned they want a retail/entertainment aspect to it as well, and I forgot to mention Dan Gustin was in Tuesday’s CAC meeting and mentioned the same thing; there has to be a retail/entertainment aspect to the project. There are many possibilities with the property, which includes river-frontage on the east side where a motel currently sits. Fire Station One would need to be relocated, which no one really opposed doing, and Fire Chief Paul Wagner said several downtown sites are as good or better for the station for response time. The biggest challenge will be acquiring the 2 privately owned land parcels. The City owns the other two parcels involved already, a big plus.