A TIF district that would help build a new ballpark in Morgantown for the West Virginia Mountaineers and a short-season-A NY-Penn League team is close to passing the West Virginia Legislature. A bill authorizing a $96-million in TIF financing for a new shopping center and ballpark had been held up in committee, partly because of […]
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Bridgeport mayor: We’re ready to open new ballpark for 2014 season
Bridgeport (W. Va.) Mayor Jim Christie says his city is ready to open a new ballpark for the 2014 season to house an independent Frontier League team — if funding issues can be worked out. Of course, veterans in the baseball world know that the issue of funding is typically the biggest hurdle in opening […]