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March 26, 2009
LA stadium developer must crack Walnut
The City of Walnut has filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court to block the development of a new football stadium in neighboring Industry, citing insufficient study of the environmental impact.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, stadium developer Majestic initially filed a full environmental impact study for a mixed-use development on the site, and only a shorter supplement to that when the plan was changed to radically different stadium project. The suit, if successful, will force Majestic to produce a completely new environmental study.
Majestic managing partner John Semcken was in no mood for conciliation. "If they think we're going to stop working on football because of little old Walnut, they've got another think coming."
The NFL is not answering questions on the subject, including the biggest one: which team, if any, will play in this stadium?
