Little Rock ball field bid on by Zoo and University

Arkansas Business (12/1):

UPDATED: Little Rock Receives Four Bids on Ray Winder Field
By Jamie Walden - 12/1/2008 4:45:01 PM

"The city of Little Rock on Monday received four bids to purchase its 3.82-acre portion of Ray Winder Field.

In a meeting on Monday, the University of Arkansas board of trustees approved a $1.1 million bid to buy the city-owned half of Ray Winder Field, and another $1 million to convert the 3.82-acre lot into a parking lot for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, UA spokesman Ben Beaumont said." ...

"Other Bids

The Arkansas Zoological Foundation, the nonprofit that supports the Little Rock 
Zoo, bid to build an Asian elephant exhibit that would incorporate the grand stands at Ray Winder Field, zoo spokeswoman Susan Altrui said.

The foundation has bid $0 since the zoo is owned by the city. The property would just change hands in terms of departments.

But the foundation expects to invest $10 million to $20 million in an exhibit that will house four or five Asian elephants." ...

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