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December 17, 2014

Faced with $5M bill for stadium repair, Ohio county trying $1M DIY approach

  • A local firm will design new seat molds for Cincinnati Reds' stadium, a plastics company will make the seats and people will install them for $10 an hour.
  • CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio's Hamilton County has adopted a do-it-yourself approach to fix stadium seats in the Great American Ball Park that are unexpectedly falling apart.

    Facing repair costs as high as $5 million, the county hired a local firm to design new seat molds, found a plastics company to make the backs and bottoms and is paying ex-jail inmates and others about $10 an hour to install them in the Cincinnati Reds' stadium.


     
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