Editorial: Bowman Gray Stadium: Let’s wrap up the deal

BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  It seems the wheels of progress are moving slowly lately – and we haven’t even reached the dog days of summer yet.

On top of further delays in paying for and building our Business 40 and Northern Beltway, we’ve had to wait for the completion of the sale of city-owned Bowman Gray Stadium to Winston-Salem State University. Last summer, local officials thought it would be done by the end of the year. Now we’re looking at … well, we don’t know. But as with our highway construction, we do seem to be one step closer.

Or maybe two. This deal is, at least, moving a bit faster than the highway one. And, whatever challenges might remain, it’s time for this deal to be done.

State officials have given their nod to the sale of the stadium to WSSU, for $7.3 million, WSSU Chancellor Donald Reaves told the Journal’s John Hinton last week. Reaves was informed by a letter from the State Property Office.

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