The Milwaukee Brewers and the city of Phoenix are extending the team’s spring-training lease at Maryvale Baseball Park for three years and will negotiate a new, longer agreement. The three-year lease extension calls for $1.5 million in improvements immediately, and the two sides will discuss more improvements in further lease negotiations. The improvements will be […]
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New Intimidators lease: $1, plus ballpark maintenance
The Kannapolis Intimidators (Low Class A; Sally League) are set to sign a new lease for Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium for $1 per year, with the team picking up maintenance costs. The five-year lease calls for the city to pick up maintenance costs for the first three years, shifting to Smith Family Baseball for the final […]
Blue Wahoos make mark by paying rent upfront
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Class AA; Southern League) had a pleasant surprise for city officials: the team paid its entire 2012 rent — $175,000 — in advance. The team was slated to pay the Pensacola CMPA with a rent check of $35,000 at its March meeting, per the team’s lease, Instead, Blue Wahoos President Bruce […]
Work continues on Suns lease extension
Hagerstown Suns (Low Class A; Sally League) ownership and Hagerstown city officials are closer to finalizing a two-year lease extension for Municipal Stadium as a prelude to new-ballpark talks. Suns owner Bruce Quinn met yesterday with Mayor Robert Bruchey II and the five-member Hagerstown City Council to discuss a lease extension, made necessary after Winchester […]
Winchester rejects ballpark; Suns to discuss Municipal Stadium lease extension
With the Winchester (Va.) City Council walking away from a new ballpark deal for the Hagerstown Suns (Low Class A; Sally League), the team will explore its options staying in Hagerstown. Those options include a two-year lease extension for Municipal Stadium, the team’s current home, as well as discussions about a new downtown ballpark. Winchester, […]
Seattle, San Diego extend Peoria Stadium lease
The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres will train at Peoria Sports Complex through 2034 under the terms of a new lease, which calls for ballpark and clubhouse improvements. The lease extension wasn’t a surprise — all three players had indicated a willingness to commit to a deal for months — and neither is the […]
Winchester seeks lease changes for proposed Suns ballpark
After some heated criticism from local residents, Winchester (Va.) officials are looking to amend a proposed lease for the relocating Hagerstown Suns (Low Class A; Sally League) to boost revenues. The proposed lease called for the city to receive only a percentage of Suns revenue: 15 percent of the team’s gross revenues and 10 percent […]
Skylands Park on block; baseball unlikely for 2012
Skylands Park, former home to affiliated and indy ball in New Jersey’s Sussex County, is on the block for $1.99 million, but so far a buyer has not emerged and baseball is unlikely to be played there in 2012. Skylands Park was home to the New Jersey Cardinals (short season A; NY-Penn League), who started […]
Brockton goes summer collegiate for 2012
The Brockton Rox will play this season in the summer-collegiate Futures League, as the city signs off on a change in the lease for Campanelli Stadium. The Rox, formerly of the independent Can-Am League, debuted on the Futures League schedule yesterday. The issue: the number of ballgames in Brockton will be reduced from 54 to […]
Ramapo ballpark $300K shy of projected revenues
Provident Bank Park, the home of the Rockland Boulders (independent; Can-Am League), fell short of financial projections by more than $300,000, generating $734,100 in revenue in 2011 instead of an expected $1.1 million. The gap is important: taxpayers are on the hook for any gaps between actual revenues and projected revenues. The ballpark generated $421,600 […]
It’s official: Eastern League to Ottawa in 2013
The reports were true: Conditional upon various baseball approvals, we should see the move of a Class AA Eastern League team to Ottawa Stadium for the 2013 season. Boston-based Beacon Sports has been negotiating a 10-year lease for Ottawa Stadium, the former home of the Ottawa Lynx (Class AAA; International League). The ballpark would be […]
Hagerstown Suns sign letter of intent for Winchester move
The ownership of the Hagerstown Suns (Low Class A; Sally League) has signed a letter of intent to move the team to a new Winchester (Va.) ballpark for the 2013 season under the terms of a pretty sweet lease proposal. The new ballpark, to be built at Jim Barnett Park, will be designed by HKS. […]
Chiefs extend Alliance Bank Stadium lease; will look at buying ballpark
The Syracuse Chiefs (Class AAA; International League) negotiated a new lease for Alliance Bank Stadium that gives them an option to buy for $3.05 million — a deal that seems destined to happen. Onondaga County had put management of the ballpark, as well as its downtown arena, up for bid and attracted five offers. At […]