The bill containing the proposed $7.1 million purchase, passed on a 102-10 vote according to state Rep. Ed Haines. The bill will now head Governor Pat McCrory’s desk for signature. It must also be approved by the Winston-Salem City Council and the N.C. Council of State before the deal is finalized.
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js This news comes a little over a week after the university’s plan to buy the stadium appeared to hit a snag. A state House Finance committee stripped the project from a bill that supporting improvements to schools in the UNC system after some legislators expressed opposition. A representative from Winston-Salem’s home county halted the bill after expressing concern over how the proposed purchase would effect stock car racing at the stadium.
-The name of the stadium will not change -Fees would not be charged for parking during races -No decrease in parking spots would be made
The university will continue to use the stadium as a home football field, and will be allowed to use the surrounding land for future development.
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “We feel we’ve addressed all the remaining concerns now. I guess you could say (Rep. Dale) Folwell sort of did us a favor,” Lambeth told the Winston-Salem Journal. “He gave us time to become directly engaged with the racing people without City Council members involved.”