Developer Luc Poirier has won the rights to purchase the former Montreal Children’s Hospital site in downtown Montreal and says the site would be the perfect place for a new Montreal MLB ballpark. (more…)
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Toronto, Boston to square off in Montreal next spring
Major League Baseball will again return to Montreal’s Olympic Stadium for a third straight year, as the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox will wrap up spring training there next year on April 1-2. (more…)
MLB evaluating future expansion: Manfred
We’ve been hearing whispers about this for months, and now Commissioner Rob Manfred confirms that Major League Baseball is evaluating whether the sport should expand by two teams in coming years. (more…)
Montreal on tap to host MLB series in 2016?
Montreal could host an MLB series in 2016, as Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre pitched games at Olympic Stadium to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, who was reportedly receptive to the idea. (more…)
Manfred to Montreal: Here’s roadmap to MLB
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred continues to tease Montreal baseball fans with talk about how the market could support Major League Baseball — and laid out the roadmap (i.e., a new ballpark) for the sport to return to Quebec. (more…)
The Week That Was: Feb. 22, 2015
Promotions, Montreal’s Autostade and the future of the Athletics in Oakland. Here are the top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. (more…)
Manfred: Montreal viable MLB market
Echoing what we’ve heard from plenty of MLB folks recently: New Commissioner Rob Manfred views Montreal as a potential market for Major League Baseball — under the right circumstances. (more…)
Blue Jays set for Montreal return in spring training 2015: report
A Montreal radio station is reporting the Toronto Blue Jays are set for a return to Olympic Stadium in 2015 for an exhibition series against the Cincinnati Reds. The return to the former home of the Montreal Expos was seen by many as being inevitable after the Jays and New York Mets drew 96,350 fans […]
Montreal preps for return of MLB; Carter to be honored
The return of Major League Baseball to Montreal in the form of Blue Jays/Mets exhibitions should be an emotional one this weekend, with the late Gary Carter — who starred for both the Expos and the Mets — to be honored. About 75,000 tickets have been sold for the two weekend exhibitions games. (Organizers are […]
Should Montreal pursue MLB?
Baseball romantics and market researchers say conditions are right for Major League Baseball to return to Montreal — but others argue it’s a waste of time to bring back Expos 2.0. Hardcore baseball fans have fond memories of the Montreal Expos because the team, its players and its ballparks never fit within the stifling conformity […]
Could MLB really return to Montreal sooner than later?
Many baseball insiders assume MLB will return to Montreal, but some — like agent Scott Boras — are pushing for an earlier return if the Tampa Bay Rays cannot solve their ballpark issues. Boras was pretty clear about Montreal serving as a better home to the Rays, as reported by Paul Sullivan of the Chicago […]
Shocker: Olympic Stadium’s roof needs more repairs
The roof at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is in constant need of repair, as 2,000 tears in the last year has doubled the annual maintenance costs to $800,000 — raising issues again about the facility’s viability. The former home of the Montreal Expos is generally in good shape; the roof is the big issue when it […]
Ottawa City Council approves Can-Am League deal
By a wide margin, the Ottawa City Council approved a lease with the independent Can-Am League to place a team in Ottawa Stadium for the 2015 season and beyond. After issuing requests for proposals for an Ottawa Stadium lease, two serious contenders emerged: an affiliated bid from Mandalay Baseball Properties with a Class AA Eastern […]