Santa Clara Votes To Avoid Public Bidding Process For 49ers Stadium

Santa Clara Will Avoid Public Bidding Process For Proposed $937M Stadium For 49ers

NEW NEST? In Atlanta, Leon Stafford reports the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA), which manages the Georgia Dome, agreed yesterday to pay Populous $145,000 to "propose a master plan" for the stadium. GWCCA Exec Dir Dan Graveline said that the Populous study "would look at the merits of renovating the current Dome or building a new stadium" for the Falcons. Stafford notes the study will "take into consideration building a new dome, an open-air arena or having a retractable roof," and also will "look at the cost of gutting the current building and starting over." The study "could be available as early as early spring" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 10/28).

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