The_Philster
04-13-2003, 06:44 AM
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- After six years of controversy, rejections and snags, there finally is physical evidence that the Arizona Cardinals will have their own stadium.
Team officials, business partners, members of the state Tourism and Sports Authority and politicians used silver-plated shovels to turn spadefuls of earth in a 30-foot sandbox Saturday, symbolically breaking ground on the site west of Phoenix.
The $355 million building is viewed as the future site of Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours, World Cup soccer, concerts, festivals and conventions. It will rise out of a former alfalfa field 500 yards south of the new Phoenix Coyotes arena, which will be finished in December....more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0412/1538143.html)
Team officials, business partners, members of the state Tourism and Sports Authority and politicians used silver-plated shovels to turn spadefuls of earth in a 30-foot sandbox Saturday, symbolically breaking ground on the site west of Phoenix.
The $355 million building is viewed as the future site of Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours, World Cup soccer, concerts, festivals and conventions. It will rise out of a former alfalfa field 500 yards south of the new Phoenix Coyotes arena, which will be finished in December....more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/news/2003/0412/1538143.html)