Parking deck deal key to stadium funding, records show
As Cumberland County and Fayetteville officials negotiated over funding for a downtown baseball stadium, the county attorney advised county commissioners not to sign off on a deal until the city agreed on revisions to a parking deck agreement.County Attorney Rick Moorefield told commissioners in a closed meeting Dec. 18 that the parking deck agreement was the county’s “best bargaining chip,” according to an account of the meeting released by the county last week. […]