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Columbia city council votes to allow sale of stadium property

by Brian McConchie

Posted: 06.05.2012 at 11:25 PM

Columbia city council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve the sale of the Capital City Stadium property to a Walmart developer. The study, conducted by AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, concludes that a proposed development could be implemented "without significant impacts" to the Rocky Branch Watershed.

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