A new Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) ballpark moved one step closer to reality after the Metro Council voted twice to approve the financials. The funding plan for the new Sounds ballpark calls for the city to pay $37 million in construction costs, plus $23 million for land and $5 million for capitalized […]
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Nashville: We want to make sure there’s development with new Sounds ballpark
A Metro Council committee threw the Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) a serious curveball today, debating whether to require the team to cover debt should associated development next to a new ballpark not happen. The funding plan for the new Sounds ballpark calls for the city to pay $37 million in construction costs, […]
Nashville mayor: No financing plan yet for Sulphur Dell ballpark
Though the Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and the city agree Sulphur Dell is the best place for a new ballpark, there’s no financing plan in place, according to Mayor Karl Dean. Plans for a new Sounds ballpark were all but dead after Sounds owner Frank Ward rejected the idea of a Sulphur […]
Nashville, Milwaukee extend PDC for two more years
The Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and the Milwaukee Brewers extended their player-development contract (PDC) for two more years, through 2014. “We are pleased to continue our relationship with the Brewers,” said Sounds co-owner Frank Ward. “They are an organization that produces quality major leaguers through their minor league system, and we are looking […]
Sounds: We prefer East Bank for new-ballpark site
Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) ownership has settled on the city’s East Bank area as the site of a new ballpark, a week after a consultant identified three possible facility locations. Populous identified three potential sites for a ballpark: the East Bank of the Cumberland River, Sulphur Dell located near Germantown and the […]