Columbus Council members indicated during Tuesday’s meeting that big renovations to modernize A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium may be dead on arrival, but they asked the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department to offer minimal upgrade options to improve the facility.
Holli Browder, director of the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, and Scott Allen, with Columbus-based 2WR Architects, presented a concept of a modernized A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium and explained to the council what challenges are presented by the stadium in its current condition.
If all the changes Browder and Allen presented are made, which may include demolishing the stadium and rebuilding, the price tag for Columbus taxpayers could run as high as $140 million…