Proposed land use for the UNC-Asheville’s proposed stadium project. (Source: UNC-Asheville)
Even as North Carolina’s institutions of higher learning face financial headwinds, the UNC Board of Governors gave the greenlight on Thursday for UNC-Asheville to move to forward with an ambitious, multi-purpose soccer stadium occupying 54 acres of green space.
Thursday’s vote is seen as an initial step allowing UNC-A to enter into a ground lease with the University’s Endowment Fund negotiating with the developer for the mixed-use stadium involving its millennial campus property…