SANTA MONICA (LALATE) – Santa Monica College Board of Trustees’ plan to demolish Corsair Stadium, not retrofit and remodel, is angering local neighbors. Santa Monica College Board of Trustees last night met to review and vote on a final EIR (Environmental Impact Review) which encompasses multiple structures being demolished.

The structure proposed by Santa Monica College for demolition sparking the most reaction is Corsair Stadium, the 3 story cement stadium on 16th street. Plans for that structure are dominating Santa Monica news this morning.

Other structures proposed by Santa Monica College for demolition are The Liberal Arts classroom (Pearl St), the Letters and Science building, the Math Complex, the Library Village, the P.E. building, and the ESL building.

The Friends of Sunset Park community (FSOP) is urging Santa Monica College to retrofit and remodel, not demolish and rebuild, the Stadium. They write “FOSP Board of Directors urges the SMC Board of Trustees to (1) direct college staff to re-route the planned access to parking under the new Student Services building to Pico Blvd., and (2) consider the health and welfare of nearby families and school children and, therefore, choose to RETROFIT and REMODEL instead of continuing to tear down and replace every building on the main campus.”