INDEPENDENCE – Residents in Montgomery County Kansas are at odds over the future of a historic, old stadium.

It is an important part of the history of the county seat, Independence, and some say Shulthis Stadium needs to be preserved.

Officials say the stadium was home to the first organized baseball game played under permanent lights on April 28, 1930.

Such greats as Mickey Mantle also played at the stadium.

The city of Independence and USD 446 School Board held a closed door meeting this week to fast track the destruction of the stadium grandstand before stadium supporters could finish the listing process of the Historic Sites Board of Review.

That meeting is scheduled for next month in Topeka.

A facebook page to Save Shulthis Stadium has been attracting attention from across the state.