HAMILTON — Many in the crowd of more than 200 Thursday who gathered to celebrate approval of the Spooky Nook at Champion Mill had a sense they were part of history — putting the former Champion Paper mill back into play, this time as a gigantic indoor sports complex and Greater Cincinnati’s second-largest convention center.
After Hamilton City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved development agreements for Spooky Nook, people had used the words “monumental” and “historic.”