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Article: Alley Cats owner gives city 6 months to plan a ballpark
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- July 27, 2001
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The new owner of the Charleston Alley Cats believes six months is
all the time that local leaders have to put together a plan for a
new ballpark for the city's minor league baseball team.
"Frankly, if it can't happen in the next six months, it probably
can't happen," said Tom Dickson.
Dickson and his wife, Sherrie Myers, purchased the Class A team
last month. The couple said they would move the team to another city
if a stadium deal is not worked out.
Local organizers said they need more time to find a location to
replace the Alley Cats' home, Watt Powell Park, built in Kanawha
City in 1949.
"I would like to think if we came up with a feasible site that
the owners were ...