The EDA board authorized an additional $1.5 million for design and development of the new ballpark, four months after providing an initial $1 million that staff said has been depleted.

Four months after pitching in $1 million to keep the Diamond District ballpark project on track, Richmond’s Economic Development Authority is stepping back up to the plate with more funding for the stadium’s design.

In a special meeting Tuesday, the EDA board authorized staff to put another $1.5 million toward design and development of the new ballpark, via an amendment to its contract with the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ ownership group that provided the initial $1 million in December.

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  • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I had heard something about the extension over dinner the other night, so I just looked it up to verify. I guess the MLB said a new stadium had to be built by April 2025 or they’d move the Squirrels to a new city, but the Squirrels and the city were able to get that deadline extended by a year, back in April 2023.

    https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/richmond-baseball-stadium-agreement-reached-with-1-year-delay/

    Yeah, I’m getting progressively less hopeful this is going to turn out any different than the Redskins Training Camp, the whole Navy Hill shitshow, etc. Plus with that whole Dogwood Dell shooting hoax fuckery, pretty much anything Stoney or anyone who works for him even tangentially touches is suss as fuck imo.