Baton Rouge is considering a development of its Memorial Stadium sports complex that could yield a new professional baseball ballpark and a rightsized football stadium for USL soccer. (more…)
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Baton Rouge Rougarou returns for 2021
The Baton Rouge Rougarou (summer collegiate; Texas Collegiate League) sat out the 2020 season due to COVID concerns, but the team will return in 2021 under a new owner, Ricky VanAsselberg. (more…)
Mobile BayBears On the Move?
A television report has the Mobile BayBears (Class AA; Southern League) being sold to an Arizona investment group that would move the team to the Huntsville suburb of Madison, Savannah or Baton Rouge. (more…)
Livington Parish: no new property taxes for new ballpark
A hike in property taxes has been eliminated as a source of funding for a new ballpark for a Class AA Southern League team, leaving Livingston Parish officials scrambling to find an alternate revenue source for construction. No surprise: there’s not much appetite these days to raise taxes in general, and property taxes are generally […]
Mandalay working on Southern League team in Baton Rouge area
Talks are ongoing between Mandalay Baseball Properties and Livingston Parish, a suburb of Baton Rouge, to bring a Class AA Southern League team to a new $35-million ballpark. The new ballpark would be located south of Livingston near the Interstate 12 Livingston exit. With 5,500 fixed seats and 1,500 or so berm capacity, the new […]
Double-A team exploring move to Baton Rouge area
Once again we have interest from an affiliated team in the Baton Rouge area, as officials in Livingston Parish say they’re in talks with a Double-A team about an entertainment complex and ballpark in the suburban city. In the past reps from the Huntsville Stars (Class AA; Southern League) has been identified as talking with […]