Another advance is underway in the stadium push—an effort to rewrite the rules. In 2012, when RJR Home Field Advantage first proposed the grandiose stadium plan, WS/FCS vowed it would be built entirely with private dollars. Now 9 years later, almost ALL of the funding has come from public funds. An amended MOU will pave the way for the stadium plans to be approved and construction begun, once again using taxpayer dollars.
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YES! to Wiley Field
What will be constructed at Wiley: a fully funded playing field or a mini-stadium that can barely seat the student body but appeals to a private fundraising group. The question goes back to the Board for a vote at their next meeting. Sign the petition to support a field!
View More YES! to Wiley FieldOne for the Team
R. J. Reynolds Athletics is going to receive the capital funds they so desperately wanted after all. So why would a win for RJ Reynolds be received like such a loss by Crowley and Kaplan?
View More One for the TeamUpdate: Setting Sites on Brunson
According to the 2016 Bond project schedule, a new Brunson Elementary schools is expected to open in 2023. As of today, its location is still…
View More Update: Setting Sites on BrunsonEquity Scores!
At a special meeting on July 1, Board of Education members raised questions that honed the Home Field Advantage stadium issue to its core. It was encouraging to see equity emerge not just as a token point of discussion but as the mission to place above all others. Equity is finally on the board!
View More Equity Scores!Fourth Down
Home Field Advantage made a hard drive towards their goal of funding private designs for a Reynolds stadium and fell far short of their goal.
View More Fourth DownThe Money Pit
Despite the promises of a 2016 School Bond, Brunson Elementary’s future has yet to take shape. Construction was scheduled to begin this year however WS/FC…
View More The Money PitThrowback Thursday
“[RJR] Stadium Hearing Raises Questions of Cost, Fairness.” Sounds familiar, but this was the title of a Journal article that ran in 1986.
View More Throwback ThursdayCampaign Value
There is so much wrong with this picture. This is a teacher at Wiley Middle School. He was outside the school this morning greeting parents.…
View More Campaign ValueWords Matter
For almost two-years, RJR Home Field Advantage has made Access and Equity their rallying cry in demands for a multi-sport stadium—but on what grounds?
View More Words Matter