May 18
Tuesday night May 15th, the private group that was formed to develop the stadium presented their proposal to City Council. This private group, now known by most as FT (Flywheel/Trask). There was very good information in this proposal, many fine point that still need to be worked out but a general framework appears in place. …
May 15
Tonight’s the night, folks. Last month, Mandalay Baseball and the Braves announced that they had assembled an all-star team of local and national private development, architectural and construction firms to draft a proposal to build a minor league baseball stadium. That team will present its proposals at the Council meeting tonight. The meeting begins at …
May 14
We’ve heard the opposition discuss the impact of the “substitution effect” on the economics of the proposed stadium project. I’m not exactly sure this is what they are talking about but the before and after pictures of Columbus’ Arena District illustrates the magic of what we’re talking about….when the facility acts as a magnet for …
May 09
A recent post by the Wilmington Business Journal tells us that business community support for the stadium is growing by the day…. Support for stadium continues to grow May 9, 2012By Jamaal E. O’Neal The group of local business owners and representatives backing the idea of minor league baseball in Wilmington continues to grow. Jim …
May 05
From the City of Wilmington’s website: Also: Please take Star New’s Survey when you get a moment. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F5NS9WX On Tuesday, May 8, the city will hold a public meeting to provide information and get citizen input about general areas of where a publicly-owned baseball stadium might be located. The meeting will be held at 6:30 …
Join us for the Rally!
Saturday May 19th, 2pm to 4pm in downtown Wilmington
Guest speakers, fun for kids and meet former Atlanta Braves players, Otis Nixon, Greg McMichael, Zane Smith and Jeff Treadway!
