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Downtown Champaign mega project covers whole nine 'Yards'

CHAMPAIGN — The name of the mega development proposed for downtown Champaign's south side: The Yards.

The price tag: a cool $200 million.

The status: At least some of the details will be shared at a joint meeting tonight of the city council and the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District board.

This will be the first of what's anticipated to be three meetings leading up to finalizing two agreements — one between the city and the developer, Core Spaces, and the other between the city and the MTD.

Making presentations at tonight's meeting will be the MTD, the developer and the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, city officials said.