Regina metropolis council will face a figurative full rely after they collect in Henry Baker Corridor tomorrow to debate the concept of funding a feasibility examine for a brand new baseball stadium
13 delegates are signed as much as converse to councillors on the October 27 agenda topic, which comes with a beneficial motion of denying funding courtesy Regina’s govt committee.
“The Metropolis of Regina is lengthy overdue for a main baseball stadium to host the Regina Crimson Sox as the primary tenant in addition to many different baseball applications,” mentioned a kind of delegates in a pre-written submission – Baseball Sask Govt Director Mike Ramage.
“The present location of Currie Subject (inbuilt 1968) has been outgrown by the Regina Crimson Sox and a brand new stadium would provide an important facility to host provincial, regional, nationwide and worldwide championships sooner or later.”
Different delegates embody members from the Regina Crimson Sox and Dwelling Sky Sports activities and Leisure (LSSE), the 2 organizations which first approached town about constructing a brand new stadium after committing to work together towards changing 53-year-old Currie Subject.
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Councillors might be unlikely to play ball, although, if the innings of the October 6 Govt Committee assembly are any indication.
The committee, which incorporates all the councillors who might be current at metropolis corridor Wednesday, voted 7-3 towards signing a letter of intent that will have dedicated as much as $100,000 in metropolis funding to a feasibility examine on a brand new ballpark.
Ward 2 Councillor Bob Hawkins voiced opposition to the concept, suggesting town has higher methods to spend that cash, and creating the voted-upon movement to advocate town skip out on the potential funding contribution.
“We’re dedicated to group wellness and the atmosphere, however this isn’t the second to spend money on $100,000, which proper now, is only a dream.” advised Hawkins through the assembly.
Town’s Recreation Master Plan ranks funding in ball diamonds as seventeenth on its record of outside facilities spending priorities.
If council decides to approve the letter of intent, the feasibility examine can be partially funded by each the Regina Crimson Sox and LSSE.
Metropolis Supervisor Chris Holden famous on October 6 that famous that town would tackle a big share of prices since it could ultimately be a city-owned facility.
Metropolis funding would go in direction of issues like a wants evaluation, financial impression evaluation examine, idea plans, evaluation of most well-liked website places, capital and working prices, financing and funding choices.
Preliminary building value estimates for a 3500 seat stadium are between $20 million and $25 million, based on town.
Talking on October 6, LSSE Founder Alan Simpson expressed disappointment with the choice and mentioned he believes town is lacking out on an opportunity for revitalization.
“It takes particular teams to do particular issues like this. Fairly clearly, the Metropolis of Regina doesn’t share the identical imaginative and prescient as LSSE and the Crimson Sox, so we transfer on,” Simpson mentioned, including that the Dewdney Avenue railyards have been recognized by LSSE as a great location for a brand new stadium.
“It could act as fairly an financial cornerstone for the Dewdney Avenue leisure district and revitalize a downtown core which is in dire want of plenty of work.”
The council assembly begins at 1 p.m.
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