• Mon. Oct 14th, 2024

Fort Collins discusses funding for Hughes Stadium land

Fort Collins discusses funding for Hughes Stadium land
Fort Collins discusses funding for Hughes Stadium land

Fort Collins is continuing to move ahead with the acquire of the former Hughes Stadium land, hoping to shut on the sale in March. 

The sale has been a extensive time coming since voters permitted it in 2021, passing a ballot measure that needed the town to try to order the land from Colorado State University and retain it as open up house. 

In August of that 12 months, CSU, Fort Collins and Cottonwood Lands and Farms — owner of the Strauss Lake home near the intersection of Ziegler and Horsetooth roads — signed a memorandum of understanding with a amount of agreements and stipulations that would outcome in the city purchasing the Hughes land from CSU and Cottonwood providing aspect of the Strauss Lake property to the university for advancement of economical housing.