Collier County on Florida’s southern Gulf Coast has been eliminated from consideration for hosting a new Atlanta Braves spring-training facility, as the team will instead focus on proposals from Sarasota County and Palm Beach County. (more…)
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Braves Pitch 8,000-Seat, $100M PBC Spring Facility
We now know what the Atlanta Braves want from a new Palm Beach County spring-training camp: 8,000 seats, a 2,000-capacity berm, a standard six-field training complex and player dorm. But paying for the complex is still a question mark. (more…)
Palm Beach County Pitches Woo at Braves
We have a bidding war for a Atlanta Braves spring training camp, as Palm Beach County officials have responded to a Sarasota County pitch with one of their own — and a possible county commitment to advanced negotiations as soon as early April. (more…)
Palm Beach back in play for Braves spring home
Palm Beach County is back in play for a new Atlanta Braves spring-training home, as the team management explores options apart from efforts toward a new St. Petersburg base and back toward the franchise’s longtime spring home. (more…)
PBC moves forward with Astros, Nationals spring-training camp
Although Palm Beach County commissioners voted to move ahead with planning on a spring-training complex for the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, several funding pieces need to fall into place before the first shovel of dirt is turned. The commissioners voted to move forward with a deal with the two teams for a complex that […]
Astros, Nats now teaming up for new spring facility
With the Toronto Blue Jays deciding to stay put in Dunedin, the Houston Astros will partner with the Washington Nationals on a new spring-training facility in Palm Beach County. The first proposal from the Astros met with resistance from Palm Beach Gardens residents because it was cited too closely to a school and protected wetlands. […]