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Article: SOCCER STADIUM TIME TO GO SLOW PRIME VIRGINIA BEACH PROPERTY AT LAKE RIDGE IS FILLING UP WITH PROJECTS THAT FAIL TO COMPLMENT EACH OTHER. .(LOCAL)(Editorial)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 25, 1997
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Virginia Beach City Council is scheduled to vote today on committing 150 acres of land and millions of dollars to a soccer stadium at Lake Ridge, near the GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater.
Proposed is a $9 million multipurpose stadium seating 6,000, which could be expanded to a 35,000-seat Major League Soccer facility, at a cost of about $60 million, assuming an MLS expansion team could be drawn here.
One concern is this: Prime Lake Ridge property, which the city bought two years ago at a bargain-basement price of $9.5 million, is rapidly being taken up by activities that don't complement each other. Certainly no grand design is evident that would make ...