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Alice Cooper finalizes deal for sports bar
(Phoenix Business Journal, 1997-11-17)
It all started one day during Little League practice. Valley entrepreneur Brian Weymouth approached fellow coach and rock star Alice Cooper -- and a high-level executive meeting occurred right there on the field. Weymouth: "We ought to be doing a restaurant around the ballpark." Cooper: "That sounds great. What would we call it?" Weymouth: "Cooper'stown, Alice Cooper'stown." Cooper: "I'm in." This week, a partnership led by Weymouth, Cooper and other deep-pocket investors signed a 39-year lease to occupy the old Western Wholesale Drug Co. warehouse building at the southeast corner of First and Jackson streets in downtown Phoenix. ...