UPDATED: Little Rock Receives Four Bids on Ray Winder Field

The city of Little Rock on Monday received four bids to purchase its 3.82-acre portion of Ray Winder Field.

In a meeting on Monday, the University of Arkansas board of trustees approved a $1.1 million bid to buy the city-owned half of Ray Winder Field, and another $1 million to convert the 3.82-acre lot into a parking lot for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, UA spokesman Ben Beaumont said.

The city will review the bids, a process that could last between one and two weeks.

The UA has expressed interest in purchasing the other portion of Ray Winder Field, a 3.03-acre lot owned by the state. But another board meeting must be held for that purchasing process at a later date, Beaumont said.

UAMS spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said the city-owned portion will be used for parking in the short term, but UAMS will "probably use it for something else down the road."

Taylor said the state-owned half of the property will be probably be used for more building space in a few years.

UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson requested earlier on Monday a proposal and bid to purchase the city of Little Rock's 3.82-acre stake in the field.

Both Taylor and Beaumont were unaware when construction would begin.

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