The Ehlert family is working to sell the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association) amidst financial issues, with hopes of completing a sale in the coming months. (more…)
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Kansas City T-Bones Begin Search for Naming Rights Partner
The search for a ballpark naming rights partner is on for the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association), as the team will seek a new agreement for CommunityAmerica Ballpark. The club’s agreement with CommunityAmerica Credit Union has expired. (more…)
Personnel News in Kansas City, Gary SouthShore
Dan Vaughan is the new Director of Broadcasting & Media Relations for the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association), with Jared Shlensky replacing him as Director of Broadcasting & Media Relations for the Gary SouthShore RailCats (independent; American Association). (more…)
Kansas City T-Bones Unveil 15th Anniversary Logo
The Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association) have unveiled a commemorative logo for their 15th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated through the 2017 season. (more…)
Personnel News: Sonoma, Kansas City
We have personnel news to report from the Sonoma Stompers (independent; Pacific Association), and the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association). (more…)
Baseball Across America: Kansas City, Kansas
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Kansas City’s Community America Ballpark. (more…)
KC T-Bones go high-def for 2015
The Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association) are going high-def at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in 2015, with a new videoboard providing more than 1,000 square feet of live video and instant replays. (more…)
T-Bones prep a welcome to team’s three-millionth fan
Important milestone for the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association): the team will welcome its three-millionth fan during an upcoming series at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Heading into the July 18-23 homestand against Winnipeg and Grand Prairie, 154,195 people have attended games in 2014, which brings the total of fans who have seen games at CommunityAmerica Ballpark […]
Unified Government sets terms for purchase of CommunityAmerica Ballpark
If the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City is to buy CommunityAmerica Ballpark, the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association) will need to agree to a list of lease demands. The Unified Board of Commissioners voted tonight to move forward with a potential purchase of the ballpark after receiving minimal opposition from the […]
T-Bones ballpark sale: Winners and losers
A sale of CommunityAmerica Ballpark, home of the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association), to local governments is creating ripple effects throughout the city and county. Some background: the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas has a agreement in place to buy CommunityAmerica Ballpark from Ehlert Development, owned by the T-Bones owners, […]
Wyandotte County/Kansas City to buy CommunityAmerica Ballpark
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City is spending $8 million to buy privately built CommunityAmerica Ballpark, home of the Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association). The Unified Government, in cooperation with the State of Kansas, plans to use $8 million in Village West Sales Tax Revenue Bonds (STAR) to buy the ballpark, which was […]
CommunityAmerica, T-Bones extend naming-rights deal
The Kansas City T-Bones (independent; American Association) and CommunityAmerica Credit Union announced an extension of the naming-rights deal for CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Terms of the deal will not be disclosed. The ballpark has been known as CommunityAmerica Ballpark ever since the T-Bones moved to Kansas City from Duluth, Minn., 10 years ago. “Ten years ago, we […]
Northern League lives on — in court
The independent Northern League may be no more, but it lives on in a Cook County courtroom in the form of a lawsuit against the circuit’s former law firm. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that the league’s original law firm, Chicago-based Gozdecki, Del Giudice, Americus & Farkas, failed to adequately draft a […]