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deanie@freenet.akron.oh.us (Deanie Richards) wrote:

>Hi folks
>I drove through Main St in Akron this morning, passing the ball field
>construction. I haven't followed the plans and so forth, but I am
>wondering if they are going to tear out more buildings?
>Isn't that space awful little for a playing field, much less having
>to add spectator seats and parking?
>Wouldn't the empty land at Market and Main been more sensible for
>the purpose, plus being handier to get to for out-of-towners?
>But what do I know? If they would have asked me, I would have said,
>"let's NOT build a ball field in downtown Akron."
>Deanie


The ball field is ALL wrong from the day it was 'stolen' from Canton.
It's nothing more than a status symbol.  One must ask themselves what
city services are going to suffer when it doesn't draw as many fans as
they think it will because of it's inconvient location. Akon will soon
have a second stadium vacant most of the time.  Have you seen
Firestone Stadium lately?

Will there be quite a few Monday night games?  Will City Council hold
their meetings at the new ball park?  How many police officers will be
handling traffic problems downtown instead of patrolling the
neighborhoods?

Tom