Usually Peter Gammons is the smartest guy in the room when it comes to baseball, but comments he made about Wrigley Field being a “dump” and Cubs owner Tom Ricketts not knowing the true renovation price of the ballpark are ridiculous — and are generating lots of heat in the Windy City. Gammons, now an […]
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Rangers announce further upgrades to Arlington home
We know the Texas Rangers are upgrading the scoreboards and videoboards at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for the 2011 season, but yesterday Managing Partner and CEO Chuck Greenberg outlined additional changes to the ballpark. We’ve already reported on the biggest changes — the audio/video upgrades — here, but more changes are in store, for a […]
Three architectural firms bid on PNC Field renovations
Three firms — Ewing Cole, L.R. Kimball and Populous — submitted bids to provide design services on the renovation of PNC Field, the home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League), slated to begin at the end of the 2011 season. All three have experience with minor-league ballparks, both on new construction and renovations. […]
Rangers unveil 2011 ballpark audio/video improvements
The Texas Rangers announced video and audio upgrades to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington for the 2011 season, including a new videoboard on top of the Home Run Porch — a total investment of $13 million. “Our fans will be treated to a new entertainment experience with these video, technology, and audio upgrades,” said Rangers Managing […]
Luzerne County: SWB Yankees worth at least $25 million
Luzerne County, the co-owner of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League), says the team is worth at least $25 million — not the current $14.6 million sales price — and seeking an appraiser to determine the team’s true worth. The county is embroiled in a legal dispute with Lackawanna County over the sale of […]
Lackawanna County issues RFQ for PNC Field redesign
Lackawanna County has issued a Request for Proposals/Qualifications for the architectural redesign of PNC Field, the home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League), with an opening of 2013 in mind. The deadline is Dec. 13, at noon. You can view the RFQ here in PDF form. Philadelphia’s Ewing Cole has been a design […]
Lackawanna County issues RFQ for PNC Field renovations
Despite a lawsuit from Luzerne County that threatens to derail the sale of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) to the New York Yankees and Mandalay Baseball, Lackawanna County is moving ahead with the renovation of PNC Field, issuing a RFQ for a construction manager. You can view the RFQ here in PDF form. […]
Debate rages over SWB Yankees sale
Though Lackawanna County officials were on record as supporting a sale of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) a potential legal challenge from Luzerne County over the terms of the sale could complicate the matter for the New York Yankees and Mandalay Baseball. To say that a toxic situation exists in Moosic and beyond […]
Yanks, Mandalay agree to buy SWB Yankees, unveil ballpark renovations
In a sweeping compromise, the New York Yankees and Mandalay Baseball will buy the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) and oversee a $40-million renovation of PNC Field. The Yanks and Mandalay will exercise their option to buy the troubled Triple-A franchise for $14.6 million. As part of the compromise agreement, first reported here last […]
Compromise on the way in SWB ballpark squabble?
Concessions by the New York Yankees and Mandalay Baseball regarding the terms of a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) lease may keep the team at a renovated PNC Field for 30 years. The pair have an option to buy the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees and have shown a clear inclination to do so, but a purchase […]
Red Sox outline 2011 improvements to Fenway Park
The ten-year makeover of Fenway Park will be completed for the 2011 season, as the Boston Red Sox will install three high-def videoboard and scoring displays, repair and waterproof the right-field lower seating bowl, and once again expand concessions in anticipation of the ballpark’s 100th anniversary in 1912. Though many of the improvements over the […]
Warner Park renovations approved
Warner Park, the home of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), will be improved before the 2011 season with new bleachers, a new grandstand and more under a plan approved by the city’s Board of Estimates yesterday. The city will spend $800,000 on new Warner Park bleachers, with the Mallards kicking in at least […]
Rendell: Clock is ticking on new SWB ballpark financing
The offer of $20 million in state money for a new Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) ballpark definitely has some deadlines attached, as Penn. Gov. Ed Rendell warns dueling Lackawanna and Luzerne counties they need to end their spat in the new few weeks. As we reported yesterday, Rendell is growing impatient with the […]