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Chattamatters: A Refresher On The Stadium In The South Broad District

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published July 19, 2024 at 4:57 PM EDT

Chattanooga Lookouts hats on a construction vehicle at the groundbreaking for the new multipurpose stadium in Chattanooga's South Broad District.

This week, a groundbreaking was held for the new multipurpose stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts in the South Broad District.

Getting to this point took multiple rounds of negotiation between the City of Chattanooga, Hamilton County and developers on how to pay for the eight-figure project.

William Newlin with Chattamatters brings us this refresher on the stadium is being paid for.

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Chattamatters is a civic storytelling project of The Enterprise Center, created in partnership with the City of Chattanooga.

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