1. The old stadium was in its penultimate year as an athletics venue. 2. And this was the last year even for the funky old Devonshire Downs stadium. 3. At night, he takes long walks, like a security guard making the rounds, his footfalls echoing faintly through the corridors of the old stadium. 4. At the top of the list, the most criticized feature of the old stadium, was the narrow seats. 5. A much larger crowd gathered outside the old stadium in Pasadena in the early afternoon Thursday. 6. According to one state official, the Pataki administration refused requests from the teams to cover the cost of demolishing the old stadiums as part of the infrastructure work. 7. But as sports economists have observed across the country, old multi-purpose stadiums do not generate as much money as one-event stadiums. 8. But lost in the usual debate over the emotional and financial costs of the moves is the question of what to do with the old stadiums. 9. But she insisted that the old stadium offered an opportunity that could not be passed up. 10. Hank Aaron Museum and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame for those who come to Braves games and events in the old stadium. |