A new Amarillo ballpark for a relocating affiliated Texas League team could be partially funded by $36 million in hotel taxes, leaving the city to fund a $8 million gap partly with money already in city coffers. (more…)
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New Amarillo Ballpark Cost: $48.4 Million
The cost of a new Amarillo ballpark could be $48.4 million — as opposed to the original $32 million estimate for an independent ballpark — if the city wants to attract affiliated baseball. (more…)
Amarillo debating play for San Antonio Missions
Amarillo officials are looking at bringing in Brailsford & Dunlavey and spending an additional $18 million to lure the San Antonio Missions (Class AA; Texas League) to a new downtown ballpark — which, at the present, is a long shot. (more…)
Amarillo voters approve new downtown ballpark
Amarillo voters approved a new downtown $32-million multi-purpose event venue (MPEV) in a nonbinding referendum, by a margin of 52 to 48 percent. (more…)
Will vote really decide Amarillo ballpark fate?
A lot of Amarillo residents and a few observers in the baseball world will be closely watching the results of a Tuesday referendum on a new downtown ballpark. But will the nonbinding referendum really matter? (more…)
The Week That Was: Oct. 25, 2015
Award announcements, Baseball Across America and changes in the 2016 Atlantic League lineup caught the attention of readers this week. Here are the top stories posted on Ballpark Digest the past seven days, as measured by page views. (more…)
Road map laid out for Texas League to Amarillo
There is a path for the Double-A Texas League to place a team at a new Amarillo ballpark, says league president Tom Kayser, but it will depend on a current team being displaced by a Triple-A team. (more…)
Amarillo companies commit to ballpark suites
Proponents of a new downtown Amarillo Multi-Purpose Event Venue (MPEV) say they have commitments for 12 suite purchases in the new facility, as a referendum on the project is set for the beginning of November. (more…)
Debate over new Amarillo ballpark rages on
Amarillo voters continue their debate over public funding for a new downtown ballpark, as local business leaders push for a new Multi-Purpose Event Venue (MPEV) over the objections of taxpayers. (more…)
Amarillo ballpark battle in works for this fall
The battle lines are being drawn in Amarillo over the future of a baseball-centric multiuse facility, with multiple groups lobbying voters in anticipation of a nonbinding referendum in November. (more…)
Amarillo decision: Build new or renovate existing ballpark
With little movement on a new downtown ballpark and Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium in desperate need of repair, Amarillo Sox (independent; American Association) officials are exploring renovation plans — just in case. Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium — the former Amarillo Dilla Villa and Potter County Stadium — is the second-oldest ballpark in the […]
RFQ for Amarillo multipurpose venue released
A Request for Qualifications for the operator of an multiuse ballpark/venue in downtown Amarillo has been released by Wallace Bajjali Development Partners, developer of the facility. You can download the RFQ here. The RFQ is pretty straightforward, asking for potential owners of a professional baseball franchise their qualifications for running the facility, including their background […]
New for 2011: Amarillo Sox
We have a name for the new Amarillo team in the independent American Association: the Amarillo Sox, as management goes with a name that evokes the Amarillo Gold Sox while not infringing on a trademark held by the city of Marysville. As you’ll recall, ownership had originally announced Gold Sox before the owners of the […]