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Article: City considers keeping Albi: Upgrades could extend life 30 years, report says.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2006
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Byline: Mike Prager and Kandis Carper
Feb. 3--The drive to sell Joe Albi Stadium for private development may have been derailed with the recall of Mayor Jim West.
New impetus to save the landmark emerged from City Hall on Thursday, just two months after voters overwhelmingly ousted West for personal misconduct.
Incoming Mayor Dennis Hession said he wants to take a serious look at keeping Albi and its adjoining grounds for high school sports and other events. Hession is getting encouragement from a citizens' report released Thursday.
The report cites an engineering feasibility study showing that Albi, which opened in 1950, could ...