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Archives: July 9-July 15, 2005 Twins ballpark stall raises costs Posted July 15, 2005 Minnesota Twins officials say waiting a year for state approval of a Hennepin County sales tax to partially pay for a new Twins ballpark could push the total price of the $478 million ballpark up by 5 percent. State officials say […]

Archives: July 2-July 8, 2005 D.C. Council members push bid of Nats suitor Ledecky Posted July 8, 2005 This could make for a fascinating political showdown. Four D.C. Council members, including Marion Barry (who had earlier vowed to derail plans for a new ballpark), announced yesterday that they are supporting local entrepreneur Jonathan Ledecky’s bid […]

Archives: June 18-24, 2005 Fremont politicians make a pitch for A’s Posted June 24, 2005 Two Fremont elected officials have made another pitch to lure the Oakland Athletics to southern Alameda County. County Supervisor Scott Haggerty and Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman sent letters this month to A’s managing partner Lewis Wolff asking the club to […]

Archives: June 4-10, 2005 Is D.C. private financing finally dead? Posted June 10, 2005 Natwar Gandhi, the District’s chief financial officer, once again rejected a proposal for private ballpark financing from D.C. Baseball Stadium Associates. The DCBSA bid, involving equity investments and depreciation tax credits, was deemed by Gandhi to be more expensive than the […]

Archives: April 30-May 6, 2005 Strikeout for Marlins ballpark as session winds down Posted May 6, 2005 Senate President Tom Lee delivered the death knell to the Florida Marlins’ dream of partial state funding for a new ballpark late Thursday, dashing the hopes of Miami lobbyists and lawmakers who camped outside his chamber for a […]

Archives: April 23-29, 2005 Lee: Florida Senate unlikely to take up Marlins, spring-training proposals Posted April 29, 2005 Florida Senate President Tom Lee today said there’s virtually no chance his body will take up consideration of a bill funding a new ballpark for the Florida Marlins as well as four spring-training facilities. According to Lee, […]

Archives: April 16-22, 2005 Selig doesn’t rule out Marlins move if new ballpark isn’t built Posted April 22, 2005 (feedback) (submit story) (discuss) MLB Commissioner Bud Selig doesn’t rule out a move of the Florida Marlins should the state not provide a yearly sales-tax rebate toward a new ballpark, saying there’s nothing to keep the […]

Archives: April 9-15, 2005 Twins back Minneapolis ballpark location Posted April 15, 2005 The Minnesota Twins are changing course and are now backing a downtown Minneapolis location for a new ballpark. In the past the Twins management said they were agnostic about the location — preferring to see whether St. Paul or Hennepin County could […]

Archives: April 2-8, 2005 Beginning today, touch history, savor the past Posted April 8, 2005 These are heady days for the St. Louis Cardinals: the team is playing its final year at Busch Stadium, preparing for a move to a new ballpark next year, and significantly expanding its regional presence with the establishment of the […]

Archives: Feb. 19-Feb. 25, 2005 Miami gives Marlins ballpark the nod Posted February 25, 2005 With little dissent, the Miami city commission approved a tentative funding plan to provide the Florida Marlins a retractable-roof ballpark next to the Orange Bowl, with the county expected to give a similar approval next week. The real issue facing […]

Archives: Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2005 Tentative Marlins ballpark deal announced Posted February 4, 2005 We’ve been hearing the last month the Florida Marlins were pretty confident a new ballpark was in the offing, and the announcement yesterday regarding a tentative deal shows the confidence was warranted. Negotiators for Miami-Dade County and the Marlins reached an […]

Archives: Jan. 22-Jan. 28, 2005 Red Sox adding premium seats Posted January 28, 2005 The Boston Red Sox are making some more small changes to Fenway Park in an effort to squeeze more revenue out of the old ballpark. New: The Pavilion, a set of premium seats in the area of the .406 Club, behind […]

Archives: Jan. 15-Jan. 21, 2005 RFK still gives everyone a fair shake Posted January 21, 2005 When RFK Stadium opened in 1962, it was a dual-use facility designed to house both the Washington Senators and the NFL’s Washington Redskins. As such, it didn’t feature anything special for baseball and was basically a cookie-cutter ballpark. Now, […]