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Aces seek city aid for ballpark district development

The owners of the Reno Aces are seeking annual city aid for improvements to the ballpark district development.The owners of the Reno Aces (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are seeking annual city aid for improvements to the ballpark district development.

The $1 million a year would not go toward the new ballpark, slated to open next month. Instead, the money would go toward an adjacent plaza, restaurants and nightclubs — all things promised by SK Baseball when the ballpark was pitched to city leaders.

The issue isn’t whether SK Baseball wants to go ahead with the area redevelopment — it does — but rather how the work is financed. The credit markets apparently have looked unfavorably on the SK Baseball plan; hence the request for city financing. In exchange, SK Baseball will agree not to move the team from Reno for 15 years, up from the current 10-year commitment.