A proposed Biloxi ballpark for a Class AA Southern League team has hit some more opposition, as some councilmen want to see it located elsewhere in the city, and more opponents seek public input. We already once covered the effort by the Steps Coalition to force a referendum on the ballpark-funding issue; leaders of that […]
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Bennett, Young, Bryant unveil plans for new Biloxi ballpark
A trio of dignitaries — Tim Bennett, Ken Young and Gov. Phil Bryant — unveiled plans for Caillavet Park in Biloxi, as the state has kicked in $15 million in BP oil-spill money toward the project. The Biloxi City Council had already agreed to issue $21 million in bonds for the project, and now more […]
Bennett: We can open Biloxi ballpark in 2014
Never let it be said Tim Bennett is anything less than a complete optimist, as he says a new ballpark for a Class AA Southern League team in Biloxi can be opened in time for the 2014 season. Bennett, an entrepreneur working on a new ballpark in Biloxi for several years (and before that a […]
Another run at affiliated ball in Biloxi area
The irrepressible Tim Bennett is back with another proposal for affiliated baseball in the Biloxi area, this time in the neighboring town of Gulfport. He’s floating a proposal for a new ballpark — presumably for a Class AA Southern League team (at one time Bennett was in talks to buy that circuit’s Jackson Generals when the […]