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Chattanooga Lookouts future, stadium, development weighed

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / The U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site, the planned location for the proposed new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium, is seen from Point Park on Aug. 2. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / The U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site, the planned location for the proposed new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium, is seen from Point Park on Aug. 2.

By Mike Pare January 14, 2024 5 min read

The future of the Chattanooga Lookouts planned stadium and the vast remake seen for the city’s western gateway are expected to hinge on key votes by leaders in the next month or so as they weigh a new financing option.

“We’ve got to make a decision not necessarily for our generation but the generation ahead of us,” Hamilton County Commission Chair Jeff Eversole, R-Ooltewah, said at a joint meeting of the commission and the City Council last week.

New votes are required after the price tag soared to $120 million from $79.5 million in 2022 when the stadium to replace AT&T Field was unveiled.