Designers for the new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium are seeking the city’s OK to make the Riverwalk the so-called front door to the ballpark rather than a primary street entrance.
“It’s fundamental to the whole concept on integrating the stadium in the overall community,” Ray Boaz, a partner in the Chattanooga architectural firm DH&W, said Wednesday.
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A city zoning panel Thursday will weigh a request by designers of the $115 million stadium for a variance as the planned pedestrian entrance doesn’t face a primary street.
According to the proposal, stadium designers want to bring visitors in from the Riverwalk near what will be the ballpark’s center and right field areas.