But any sort of major renovation would require much more funding.
“Any money like that, which would likely be in the multimillion range, would be a (City) Council decision, if it meant funding to help spur growth in that (south slope) area,” said Roderick Simmons, director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, which oversees McCormick Field.
“It would take a (financial) partnership — the Tourists, the city, (Buncombe) County, the (Tourism Development Authority, which provided about $4 million to help renovate the U.S. Cellular Center), the private sector,” Hawkins said.
There are already plans for redevelopment in the area around McCormick Field.
“Private sector developers are creating several hundred new market-rate rental housing units in the area,” Powers said. “The city would like to add to the mix additional affordable and workforce housing for folks who are working in the area.”
A fixer-upper
McCormick Field opened as a wooden structure 89 years ago.
That was torn down and rebuilt with concrete and brick in time for the 1992 season, with a baseball game capacity of about 4,500.
In addition to the land-locked problems of sitting on a hill, surrounded
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