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Article: Class AAA Examines Area Expansion Bid
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- The Washington Post
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- May 31, 1991
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The Class AAA Expansion Committee visited the group seeking a
team for Prince George's or Anne Arundel County yesterday, and the
group's leader, Peter Kirk, said the panel's reaction made him
believe "our chances of getting a team are very, very good."
The committee, chaired by Larry Schmittou of the Nashville
Sounds, toured prospective stadium sites and spent about an hour
meeting with Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer and other state
and county officials.
The committee's main concern seems to be the willingness of the
state and local governments to participate in a three-way
partnership with Kirk's group in order to construct a $9 million
stadium.
Kirk said that issue was squarely ...