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William J. Schottenstein got his signed contract today to buy Cooper Stadium for $3.3 million, but only after some last-minute changes to calm a case of seller's nerves.
Commissioner Paula Brooks said she'd first seen the draft contract Thursday and questioned why the deal was being rushed.
But Commissioner Marilyn Brown said the board got the contract two weeks ago and that lawyers brokering the deal for the county had then offered to meet with each commissioner.
Though Brooks' questions clearly annoyed the other two commissioners, she did succeed in clarifying wording in the contract: The Clippers will keep their liquor license when they move to a new Arena District stadium; the county won't have to settle all claims, even false ones, to close the deal; and Schottenstein told her he's not planning to flip the place for a gambling joint.
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