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425‐361‐2854 <br />jmartinnoj@hotmail.com <br /> <br />========================================================================= <br />========================================================================= <br />Tacoma Rainiers president Aaron Artman told The News Tribune...fixing up stadiums can be costly for <br />cities and counties... “If we don’t get our facilities compliant, Major League Baseball has the right to take <br />the franchise and relocate it, as well as in the meantime subject us to fairly significant fines.” <br /> <br />https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article288442277.html <br /> <br />Other recipients of the state's ballpark bonding budget, approved unanimously by the Washington Senate <br />and House in April 2023, include Spokane, Pasco and Everett, according to the Tri‐Cities Area Journal of <br />Business. <br /> <br />https://www.chronline.com/stories/big‐win‐for‐tacoma‐baseball‐cheney‐stadium‐gets‐some‐love‐with‐3‐ <br />million‐state‐grant,340267 <br /> <br />Minor League Baseball’s future in Everett faces three options: Refurbish the current stadium — Funko <br />Field — on Everett School District property; build a new field and stadium downtown across from the <br />Angel of the Winds Arena; or watch another city provide a new home, spurring the departure from the city <br />of the AquaSox, the Seattle Mariners’ High‐A affiliate. <br /> <br />Build it or they could leave: Among those watching is the big league itself, Major League Baseball, which <br />has forced similar conversations across the U.S. and Canada. <br /> <br />https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial‐keep‐aquasox‐in‐everett‐with‐a‐downtown‐ballpark/ <br /> <br />A Grip on Sports: Avista Stadium has to be upgraded as MLB mandates changes it will never help fund. <br /> <br />Major League Baseball is really good at coming up with ways to spend other people’s money. Whether it <br />is players – the owners have locked them out as the two parties try to write a new operating agreement – <br />or taxpayers in America’s smaller towns, the billionaires who run baseball love to put their hands in our <br />pockets. <br /> <br />https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/feb/08/grip‐sports‐avista‐stadium‐has‐be‐upgraded‐mlb‐man/ <br /> <br />With the city of Pasco’s help, the renewed lease means about $5 million in improvements at the stadium <br />at 6200 Burden Blvd. will occur over the next two years to comply with Major League Baseball <br />requirements. <br /> <br />So the team and Pasco — which is investing $1.9 million — are rearranging the clubhouse to get as close <br />to the square footage the MLB requires. <br /> <br />Hillsboro and Eugene — two franchises in the same league as the Tri‐Cities — might have problems down <br />the road with their player development licenses (PDLs) if they don’t renovate their ballparks. <br /> <br />According to Kevin Richard of Ballpark Digest, the Hillsboro Hops want to build a new $120 million <br />ballpark, while the Eugene Emeralds’ potential $85 million ballpark project at the local fairgrounds, has <br />stalled. <br /> <br />https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/articles/4806‐city‐dust‐devils‐pitch‐in‐to‐make‐5‐million‐in‐