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Article: Spokane preparing to sell Joe Albi Stadium, grounds.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2005
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Byline: Mike Prager
Jul. 13--Spokane city officials are moving ahead this month with a plan to sell Joe Albi Stadium and 89 acres of surrounding property for as many as 700 potential new home sites.
The sale could net the city as little as $389,000 once the property's debts and obligations are paid.
The move ends years of talk about turning the Albi grounds into an amateur sports complex, an idea that won 81 percent approval from voters in 1999. A sale would also close a 55-year history of a landmark that hosted high school, college and professional football, rock concerts, kids' runs, band competitions and religious crusades.
Mayor ...