On Tuesday, the El Paso City Council signed off on a five-year improvement plan for Southwest University Park, home of the El Paso Chihuahuas (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League). (more…)
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Chihuahuas Seek Southwest University Park Improvements
MountainStar Sports Group–the owner of the El Paso Chihuahuas (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League)–is seeking about $1.2 million in capital improvements for Southwest University Park. (more…)
Report: Southwest University Park Subsidies Could End by 2021
The City of El Paso could end subsidies for debt payments on Southwest University Park by 2021, according to a report presented to the City Council on Monday. (more…)
Ovations lands new El Paso ballpark concessions deal
Ovations Food Services has landed the concessions contract at the new downtown El Paso ballpark scheduled to house a Triple-A team next season. “Ovations is one of the largest, most-respected food service companies in the country, and we are proud to have them as our food and beverage partner at El Paso’s ballpark,” said Alan […]
MountainStar Sports Group extends Kino Stadium lease
Calling it insurance if a new El Paso ballpark is not completed in 2014, MountainStar Sports Group has extended the lease for Kino Stadium with Tucson for next season. MountainStar Sports Group purchased the Tucson Padres (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and plans to move the team to El Paso next season. Now, no one […]
New El Paso ballpark set for April 11, 2014 opening
The new Triple-A Pacific Coast League El Paso ballpark for the relocating Tucson Padres is set for an April 11, 2014 opening, according to team and city management. The season opener for the new franchise is scheduled for April 3, giving team officials some precious time to make sure operations are set. Ballpark construction moves […]
Pacific Coast League unveils 2014 realignment
The franchise is moving only 300 or so miles, but the addition of an El Paso team in 2014 is causing the Class AAA Pacific Coast League to plan a divisional realignment. The makeup of the PCL conference divisions for 2014: Pacific Northern – Fresno Grizzlies, Reno Aces, Sacramento River Cats, Tacoma RainiersPacific Southern – […]
Higher interest rates impact El Paso ballpark debt
Higher-than-anticipated interest rates on city-backed bonds is raising the long-term cost of a new El Paso ballpark by $17 million, as the City Council approved the deal yesterday. City officials had anticipated a rate of 5 percent for nontaxable bonds and and 5.75 percent for taxable bonds. That didn’t attract any bond buyers, so the […]
Ballpark Preview: New El Paso Ballpark
With the final bureaucratic hurdles cleared and a budget of $60.8 million finalized, it’s time to turn to the most interesting part of a new El Paso Triple-A ballpark: the design. You may know the backstory: El Paso businesspeople, in the form of MountainStar Sports Group, bought the Tucson Padres (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) […]
Latest run at Tucson pro baseball winding down
Maybe there are some cities unsuited for pro baseball. That would include Tucson, where the Tucson Padres (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are 26 home games from a move to El Paso. Granted, the Tucson Padres were never slated to spend more than three or four seasons at Kino Stadium after the franchise was relocated […]
Increased spending approved for new El Paso ballpark
A new budget for a Triple-A ballpark in El Paso was approved last night by the City Council, pushing the total cost of the project to $60.8 million, with team owners picking up the additional costs. The original cost of the ballparl was $52.8 million, and the El Paso City Council had already approved issuing […]
Franchise owners offer $12.1M toward new El Paso ballpark
To close a funding gap in construction of a new downtown El Paso ballpark, team owners MountainStar Sports have offered to pay $12.1 million to cover the overages. Under the proposal, the city would borrow $60.8 million toward the new ballpark instead of the original $52.8 million. (Why is the city borrowing more? Municipalities typically […]
Diablos lease to be bought out
The El Paso City Council will vote tonight to terminate the El Paso Diablos (independent; American Association) lease for Cohen Stadium, paying $300,000 to the team. The Cohen Stadium lease runs through 2016, and in the past few years the team has made some significant investments in the ballpark, including a new scoreboard (which can […]