Professional baseball may be in a short-term crisis because of the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down play, but a longer-term problem is looming for ballpark projects dependent on public bonding or related development. (more…)
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Funding plan emerging for new Clark County ballpark
The Yakima Bears (short season; Northwest League) would be asked to pay 30 percent of the cost of a new $23-million ballpark at Clark College, as Clark County officials float the idea of a new countywide amusement tax to pay for the rest. The 5 percent tax would apply to all amusement firms in the […]
Judge dismisses suit challenging ONEOK Field funding
Well, that didn’t take long: Tulsa County Associate Judge Dana Kuehn ended a lawsuit challenging assessments against downtown businesses used to pay for ONEOK Field, the home of the Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League). True, it was a pretty low threshold to victory: all the city (the defendent in the case, not the Drillers) […]
Lawsuit over new Tulsa ballpark proceeds
A lawsuit over the funding plan for ONEOK Field, the home of the Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League), is proceeding, as an opponent of the downtown-business tax is accusing the city of acting in bad faith in putting together the ballpark’s financing deal. The funding plan for the ballpark includes a special assessment fee […]