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Any update on these shenanigans?

The county website still shows that Pacific Ave II <a href="http://charlotte.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=6690">has not paid</a> the $600K property tax bill.

[Charlotte Knights AAA Ballpark in Third Ward]

<br />Actually this did exist in Charlotte. The predecessor to the current Knights stadium was Griffith Park. It was later re-named Crockett Park after the owner of the park. It was more famous in later years for wrestling over baseball as people were more interested in that. There is a housing development there now, Olmstead Park, approximately in Sedgefield. In any case they didn't need a $100M tax subsidized stadium ($35M + $65M) in those days. I am not sure why neighborhood baseball needs it now. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Resource_Center/venues/crockettpark/images/crockett_park.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><br /><br />More on this park <a href="http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/Resource_Center/venues/crockettpark/crockett_park.htm" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. You can see where a young Ric Flair used to wrestle.<br />

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Thanks for the pic. I had a summer job off of East Blvd. back when Crockett was still rocking. Folks should also remember that the only reason CLT ended up with a AAA franchise is that George Shinn thought he could eventually parlay that into a MLB franchise. AA suited the QC just fine for a long time and I imagine would again in a close-in, organic stadium should Don Beaver prove not to have the deep pockets needed for more expensive AAA. Bottomline, the most his revenue stream ever had for new ballpark was $20m. -- now costs are at $62m.

Later,

JAT

[Cap over Belk Freeway (277)]

<br />I do not think the city has the money for a project this big untill it pays off some of its current debit.<br />

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First things first. NCDOT cannot keep streetlights on 277. How will they light tunnels? Or will the QC's copper thief problem also be solved by the Cap?