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On Sept. 12, 2002, a battle was brewing over Greensboro's baseball stadium.
The Greensboro Bats played at War Memorial Stadium. Action Greensboro wanted to build a new stadium. The Aycock neighborhood association wanted to renovate the War Memorial Stadium.
Then, a man named Bill Burckley started a petition for a third option, preserve the old stadium.
"There's passion, there's a tremendous amount of passion for War Memorial. There is no passion for a downtown stadium."
Signed petitions piled up in Burckley's office. If successful, it would have let people choose whether or not to change zoning laws to forbid a new baseball stadium downtown.
Of course, we know the outcome. The First National Bank field was approved and built. The stadium opened its gates on Apr. 3, 2005.
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