Article: Deal announced on Joe Albi Stadium: School districts will help fund cost of new artificial turf.

Article: Vision for Albi: Friends of Joe Albi Stadium ...
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  January 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... This plan will be presented to the Albi Task Force at its next meeting on Jan. 20. Jim Albi is also on the Albi Task Force. The committee was conceived by former Mayor Jim West, and Council President Joe Shogan is chairman. "The goal ...

Article: Past shadows Albi's future: City blamed for stadium fate.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  April 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... West said he also offered Albi Stadium to Spokane Public Schools ... decision last Aug. 29 not to sell Albi occurred a few months before ... recalled West from office. Former Council President Hession, who assumed the mayor ... May. When Brett signed his Albi lease with the city in 1996 ...

Article: Lining up against Albi sale; council members say public ...
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  July 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... said they oppose putting Joe Albi Stadium up for sale, at least ... is they want to save it." Council President Dennis Hession said the city ... more methodical in considering Albi's future, particularly in ... French has suggested turning Albi into a regional sports facility ...

Article: City considers keeping Albi: Upgrades could extend life 30 ...
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  February 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... year pushed for the sale of Albi and its acreage as a way to ... schools are planning to use Albi for football this fall. West ... West plan. Hession, who was council president then, said on Thursday ... sell. The report by the Joe Albi Stadium Citizens' Committee ...

Article: Seeking a game plan for Albi: Council debates a range of ...
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... partly on land that's used for Albi parking, a new debate is emerging ... shrink the capacity for Joe Albi events. City Councilman Rob Crow, who is running for council president and has led the most recent ... smaller venues, he said. Joe Albi currently has more than twice ...

Article: Councilman pushing sale of Albi.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  August 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... authorizing the sale of Joe Albi Stadium, even though it appears ... televised on Cable Channel 5. Council President Dennis Hession said the proposed ... in 1999 approved the use of Albi's grounds for an amateur ... subject to a July deadline. Albi costs the city $100,000 ...

Article: MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF PROPERTY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 30, 2006 ;     651 words ... ... Northwest Neighborhood; Jim Albi and Paul Hyndman, of Friends of Albi; Jeff Stevens, of the Northwest ... year by a committee led by Council President Joe Shogan. The committee ... high school football games at Albi. The school districts replaced ...