Asheville Civic Center.

• Position: Architecture firm's price to renovate - Brief Article

Message to Asheville: There's no such thing as a free-throw when it comes to attracting even bush-league pro sports. Heery International Inc., an Atlanta-based architecture firm, has told the city it'll cost $31 million to renovate the Asheville Civic Center or $51 million to build a new one. Either way, taxpayers have to cough up the money and work must be under way by 2004. Those are the conditions for landing a...