Seventh-Inning Stretch · Stadium Wars
Ballpark on the Parkland
Save Our Parks v. Kempthorne (2006)
Charge: Unlawful federal approval - converting grant-funded parkland for a new stadium (challenge to the federal approval)Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkDocket: Stadium Wars
Did the federal government lawfully approve turning grant-funded parkland into a stadium site?
The facts
A city planned to build a new stadium for its storied big-league team on two neighborhood parks next to the old ballpark. Some of the park land had received federal grants, so converting it needed federal approval and replacement parkland of equal value. The National Park Service approved. A community group sued, calling the approval arbitrary and biased and the replacement parks inadequate.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Save Our Parks v. Kempthorne, U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (Judge Buchwald), Nov. 2006
Read more at citylandnyc.org. The source reveals the outcome.