In the spring of 2006, I received an anonymous call from someone with Stark Enterprise, that Bob Stark was working on a deal to mover the Beck Center to Crocker Park. When we first announced it, everyone called the LO liars, and then we laid out the story. With the help of the FreeTimes we were able to prove the story was real, and the move was a real possibility and very far along in talks.
Is the Beck center Moving? is just one of many threads on the subject.
http://lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16294&p=109842&hilit=Beck+Center+moving#p109842
Then after they decided to stay, they worked with the city to release this concept on the new Beck Center in 2007.
Read the entire story here: http://media.lakewoodobserver.com/issue_pdfs/Observer%20Vol.%2003%20Issue%2022.pdf
Why bring this up a simple look back, always steadies the next steps forward..
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