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An abortive version of that stadium eventually received lukewarm support from then-governor Henry Bellmon such that it went on a statewide ballot, but by then had been dissected and chopped down to a "20,000-seat multipurpose arena" question that was quite thoroughly crushed.
As late as 1984 there was talk of a 55,000-seat dome stadium by the Fairgrounds Trust.

A previous feasibility study had been done in 1972 (State Fair Board Trust).

"I would love to see us have some kind of professional sports team come here," Coats added. "Every time a business talks about locating here they want to know about professional athletics."

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I would love to see them build something at Fair Park to replace many of the iconic structures which have been demolished or are currently non-functional.*

1. Grand Stands were demolished
2. *Arrow to Atoms Space Tower
3. Monorail torn down.

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