The Hay Street Parking Deck s unfinished story doesn t yet have an ending.
Jordan Jones, project manager with PCH Development Co., acknowledges it: saying the project has been in the works for even a little bit is a stretch. A little bit s a nice way to put it, he said with a laugh. It s a long journey.
Progress on the project, which is expected to eventually be a parking deck with an office space and a Hyatt Place Hotel on top, has crept slowly since it was approved several years ago.
The COVID-19 pandemic hindered the progress, and despite having financing, a general manager and a building permit secured to start building the two towers, construction had to be paused in March of last year, Jones said.
Behind the white-trimmed gray house on Hay Street, Katy Stevick has found history, a way to share her love of downtown Fayetteville and a way to plug into the community.
Originally from Fredericksburg, Texas, Stevick moved to Fayetteville about eight years ago with her husband, who is a soldier at Fort Bragg.
She’s used to seeing more than 500 bed and breakfasts in her hometown a historic destination town founded by German settlers in Texas’ Hill Country.
But Stevick originally expected she’d move every couple of years and adapt to new communities when her husband received new duty assignments.
We’re not going to jam 6,000 people in here, he said.
Tickets for the six May home games went on sale at the stadium on Saturday and go on sale online Monday. In order to keep groups distanced, tickets will be sold in pods of between two and six people spread across the park.
Tickets will be sold on a month-by-month basis, which will allow the team to adjust its seating process as the season goes.
Leave your cash at home
The stadium will be totally cash-free this year. Vendors will accept credit, debit and mobile pay, as well as gift cards, which are new this year. There will be a reverse ATM at the stadium, allowing guests to convert cash into a pre-paid debit card for no fee.
Fayetteville City Council added more than half a million dollars to the cost of Segra Stadium and an accompanying entertainment venue at its meeting Monday night.
An additional $591,000 was added to the project to cover costs associated with punch list items and finishing Hurley Plaza, Mayor Mitch Colvin said Monday prior to the meeting.
Around 5% of the initial $40.7 million in funds for the project were held in reserve until some construction was finished, and the list had hundreds of items, including patching up broken concrete and fixing water intrusion, Colvin said.
The cost addition in Monday s meeting included that 5%, plus the cost to complete the plaza, he said.