Road construction around the proposed stadium site is expected to start in 1999.
Public support for a facility comes from a few merchants who own land on and around the proposed stadium site.
The height of the left field wall was increased to help compensate for a small stadium site.
Most of the 12-acre stadium site is an overgrown vacant lot.
In 2007, the team began the process of searching for a stadium site closer to the center of the area's population.
From Penn Station, it takes 6 to 8 minutes to walk to the stadium site.
In general, though, developers say they are upbeat about the area, no matter what gets built on the stadium site.
By the way, Cleveland broke ground on its new stadium site this week.
She said she and her husband have looked at possible stadium sites in several towns.
