Near $1 million contract will bring end to 56-year old venue.
A deal has been signed to tear down Evansville’s shuttered Roberts Stadium.
The city’s parks board voted Thursday to approve a nearly $960,000 contract to demolish the 56-year-old arena that was shut down with last year’s opening of the new downtown Ford Center.
Plans are for contractor Klenck Co. of Evansville to demolish the old arena by next May, with its asphalt parking lots removed and the site filled in for development as a park.
The new Roberts Park is expected to be developed over the next few years. That project could cost $5 million.
