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Madison residents question proposed stadium upgrades amid rising cost examples from other cities
Summary
Public commenters and councilmembers debated proposed stadium modifications and potential public costs, while the mayor cited recent high-cost stadium projects elsewhere as context; no formal vote on stadium funding was taken at the Jan. 13 meeting.
Catherine Patrick, a Madison resident who said she lives in Councilwoman Karen Denzine’s District 6, urged the City Council to consider how stadium improvements would affect taxpayers and asked whether the city had compared requirements with other communities. “I just wondered if, you know, to me, it seems like if communities refuse to pay for this, the baseball teams aren't gonna have anywhere else to go,” Patrick said, adding that quoted upgrade estimates she had seen put the cost at about $8,000,000.
The topic drew further public comment. Margie Daley,…
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