While the council has heard Riley's idea, no action has been taken. Friday'sredevelopment plan will also turn some heads, Crawford predicts.

"We're hoping to give the new plan a good look over by the time the media gets ahold of it," she says.

While there have been many proposals tossed around to redevelop the stadium into a mixed use residential/retail complex, the city has now received figures for demolition of the stadium if no satisfactory reuse plan is adopted. Crawford says estimates to tear down the park are between $2 million to $6 million.

"Demolition has always been an option. We can't just let the building sit and become dilapidated," she says.

Soon after the park closed for good in September 1999, the city put out a request for proposals for the majority of the stadium to be converted into loft apartments, condominiums and retail space, with approximately 8,000 seats remaining.

The plans included recreation centers, a swimming pool and ice skating rinks.

However, every plan that has come in hasn't cut the bill, Crawford tells GlobeSt.com.

"There just hasn't been a proposal that has demonstrated a capacity to do a development that would be consistent with the needs of the community," she says.