Alternate ballpark location identified: Alternate to the East End location is Watt Powell Park

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: May 29, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

DAILY MAIL STAFF

Watt Powell Park is the alternate site for a proposed new Alley Cats stadium, officials said.

That could mean the $23 million project could face problems if the preferred East End site comes through, but Mayor Jay Goldman is confident the Watt Powell site could work also.

"Everybody likes the East End, and that's what we're pursuing," Goldman said. "At the same time, if we continue to get all these little hiccups along the way, we want to be prepared with a good plan and we think we've got it."

Goldman and City Manager Sherry Risk have talked about an unnamed second site for ...

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