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Like a well-traveled free agent, the "Receiver" statue located near the Neville Public Museum could be on the move again.
The Green Bay City Council voted unanimously late Tuesday to place a proposed memorial to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the spot where the statue of the football player stands.
The council visited the site during a break in Tuesday's council meeting to look at the site. The city's Park Committee had, after studying several sites, proposed removing a bench to the east of the museum and placing it there.
No funds were allocated for moving of the old statue.
The memorial, which would include debris from the destroyed World Trade Center, would be the first of a series with one going in each state. An original plan was to put the memorial in Leicht Park, across Dousman Street from the museum, but that ran into objections from those who had worked on a historic theme for the park.
Mayor Jim Schmitt had said he wanted a high-visibility area with available parking near the river. Among other sites considered were the Veterans Parkway south of the Neville and Admiral Flatley Park at the east end of the Main Street Bridge. "The Receiver" had stood in front of the original Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame building since the 1980s, but was moved last year after the Hall of Fame was moved into Lambeau Field. The 9/11 memorial had been proposed for Madison but organizers moved the offer to Green Bay when Madison was unable to come up with a site.