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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-04-10T19:32:39Z</created-at>
  <description>&lt;p style="font-family: arial" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;Grand Prairie, TX-(June 5,  2007)-Grand Prairie broke ground for a new Minor League baseball stadium. SPARKS  Sports has designed a facility that is fan friendly and revenue friendly at an  affordable price. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;proposed ballpark includes 4,000  permanent seats, 12 luxury suites and 2,000 lawn seats with unique &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;amenities such as a progressive  boardwalk surrounding the entire ball field. The stadium will feature a Kids  Zone play area, restaurants and a swimming pool overlooking the  field.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;SPARKS Sports, a division of Crafton,  Tull, Sparks &amp;amp; Associates, Inc. specializes in sports projects. The firm has  320 employees with offices Birmingham, AL, Conway, AR, Little Rock, AR, Oklahoma  City, OK, Rogers, AR, Russellville, AR, Tulsa, OK and Wichita, KS. They have  provided architectural, engineering, interior design and surveying services  across the nation since 1963. With a strong focus on providing clients with  superior service, the firm was named to ZweigWhite's 2006 Hot Firm list of  fastest growing architectural, engineering and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;environmental firms and listed on  ENR's Top 500 Design Firms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial" align="center"&gt;-End-&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;Contact:&amp;nbsp; Shelley Bowersock, Manager  Marketing/PR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="861215818-05062007"&gt;SPARKS Sports, a division of  &lt;/span&gt;Crafton&lt;span class="861215818-05062007"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;Tull&lt;span class="861215818-05062007"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; Sparks&lt;span class="861215818-05062007"&gt; &amp;amp;  Associates, Inc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(918) 588-4026 / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailtsbowersock@sparks-aei.com" title="blocked::mailtsbowersock@sparks-aei.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial"&gt;sbowersock@sparks-aei.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <published-at type="datetime">2007-06-05T00:00:00Z</published-at>
  <sub-title>Brand New Baseball Stadium in Grand Prairie</sub-title>
  <title>Grand Prairie Broke Ground For Minor League Baseball Stadium</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-04-10T21:23:33Z</updated-at>
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