6-3 For All To See

Last night was yet another major milestone in the battle to save Roberts Stadium. By a vote of 6-3, the Evansville City Council rejected putting funds into a demolition account for Roberts Stadium. The following Council members voted against demolishing Roberts Stadium...

2nd Ward- Missy Mosby
3rd Ward- Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley
4th Ward- Connie Robinson
5th Ward- John Friend
6th Ward- Al Lindsey
At-Large- Dan Adams

We owe these 6 people a HUGE thank you. It takes a lot of guts to stand up to the mayor as I learned first hand when I got a phone call from him the day after page 13 was exposed in the media. The mayor is hellbent on destroying Roberts Stadium and is willing to spend and do whatever it takes to get this great building in the ground.

Since these 6 council members stood up for what is right, I am willing to give all 6 of them..

A. 1 free banner on the right hand side of this blog
B. 1 free positive comment about Roberts Stadium underneath their banner.
C. 1 free post to keep their name in front of voters and ahead of the 3 who didn't vote for Roberts Stadium.

The 1 free banner logo and comments will be placed on the right side of the blog underneath the old poll (they can be emailed to JordanBaer1@gmail.com)...

Thanks to you the viewers, I am very close to getting this blog back to where it is pulling in over 120 viewers a day before I made the switch to "Remember Roberts Stadium." We are now way over 32,000 viewers all-time. These viewers will be encouraged to support these six council members as long as they stay committed to Roberts Stadium.

Moving forward, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. As always, the last thing the Winnecke administration is interested in is repurposing Roberts Stadium. It is very obvious that they are going to still try and double down on demolishing it. Therefore, we have to keep the heat on the mayor's administration so that they do not get the funds to knock it down.

Also, the idea of selling Roberts Stadium is still very much alive and stronger than ever. Although this idea is head and shoulders better than demolishing the facility, it is still not the correct decision as it will compromise the city's ability to control the land next to Wesselman Woods as well as bring in revenue from a mid-sized Roberts Stadium.

What is the correct plan for Roberts Stadium?

1. Use the Innkeepers Tax Revenue to repurpose Roberts Stadium as a mid-sized arena. This is cheaper than building ball fields out in the middle of nowhere and it will bring in tourists for sports tournaments, small concerts, and trade shows that are currently unavailable at the Ford Center.

2. Sell naming rights to the gates, concourses, and plazas. This will significantly lower the city/county contribution to Roberts Stadium.

3. Form a non-profit entity and place them in charge of Roberts Stadium.

4. Establish a master plan for future construction around Roberts Stadium such as a park in the back lot, a natatorium inside a new Hartke Pool, and a BMX only facility attached to Swonder Ice Rink in the northern parking lot.

Those four steps are clearly light years better than any other path the city can take at this point. In fact, there's over 50 reasons for them to do so...

http://saverobertsstadium.blogspot.com/2012/09/50-reasons-city-council-should-support.html

Once again, thank you to the six council members who voted against demolishing Roberts Stadium. Because of their decision, we now have yet another fresh start at winning the battle for Roberts Stadium. Let's make sure we keep this momentum going and the pressure turned up on the city to repurpose Roberts Stadium.