Thursday, July 5, 2012

Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach at odds over Municipal Stadium fees

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida -- Although practices start in a month and tickets are already on sale, Bethune-Cookman University's football team still doesn't have an agreement with the city to use Municipal Stadium this fall for games.

The two high schools that use the city-owned stadium for their home games, Mainland and Seabreeze, finalized agreements this week that will end a three-year limbo period for their use of the stadium. But Bethune-Cookman, which has its first home game scheduled for Sept. 22, is still negotiating with the city over fees to use the 10,000-seat facility.



"We're having frank discussions," said Lynn Thompson, Bethune-Cookman's athletic director. "At this point we've had a couple of meetings. We want to put this behind us."

The city proposed a $3 per ticket surcharge, the same proposal that was rejected last year, and Bethune-Cookman said no again.

"We're waiting for a response," Thompson said. "We want a figure and a process that works for everybody."

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