Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Palm Beach County supports building new baseball stadium - Sun Sentinel

The County Commission voted to allocate $135 million toward a new Spring Training baseball stadium project. The location of that stadium remains un-addressed but there are a handful that are still being considered. Click title for link. From the article:
Even before deciding where to build a new baseball stadium, Palm Beach Countycommissioners Tuesday endorsed spending up to $135 million on creating a local field of dreams intended to attract two more spring training teams.
The Houston Astros and Washington Nationals have proposed moving to Palm Beach County for spring training if the county will build a new baseball stadium and training facility that they could share.
Where to build the stadium remains unresolved, and how to pay for it still poses a hurdle to finalizing the deal.
But even with those uncertainties, the County Commission in a 5-2 vote Tuesday agreed to spend money on the new stadium and gave the teams the go-ahead to try to find a site to build.
"Let's do it already," Commissioner Shelley Vana said. "Let's play ball."