While every city has a unique personality, these ballpark projects have one thing in common. They are always controversial.
“It was a risk,” Durham Mayor Bill Bell admitted to the Richmond visitors. “And I can tell you, everything you do is a risk. If you’re not prepared to do risk, you might as well get out of this business.”
Durham's risk resulted in a high return: the Bulls moved up to Triple-A, the American Tobacco campus, the Durham Performing Arts Center and the unfolding revival of downtown.
Media clips from the visit: Richmond Times-Dispatch | WWBT TV
