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Cardinals Win Off the Field; New Stadium Will Be Built

PHOENIX-With votes cast for building a new stadium for the Arizona Cardinals leading those opposed by a 4% margin, the site selection process is already getting under way.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on November 14, 2000

PHOENIX-The Arizona Cardinals will have a new $335-million home.With less than 24,000 remaining votes to be verified, passage of Proposition 302, the measure to funding for a new stadium, appears eminent, with votes for leading those against by nearly 29,000, according to the Maricopa County Elections Department.

The issue now is where to build the domed, 72,000-seat facility. The Tourism and Sports Authority, the appointed board that will own and operate the stadium, began holding meetings this morning to continue their site selection process. The board has said that it hopes to choose a site by early next year, with construction beginning not long after. It’s hoped that the stadium could be open by summer 2004.

To date, four sites have been proposed, but others are sure to be posited, now that the measure has passed. The sites are: a 108-acre site at the southeast corner of Loop 202 and Loop 101 on the border between Tempe and Mesa; a site in Tempe near Sun Devil Stadium at Arizona State University, where the Cardinals now play; a 173-acre site at 99th Avenue and Thomas Road in the West Valley; and on a stretch of land along the Beeline High in the East Valley on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.

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