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The city’s finance committee has approved a 10-year deal to bring pro baseball – although not AA baseball – to Ottawa. If approved by city council, a Can-Am League team will hit the field in 2015.
Mayor says there’s ‘no appetite’ to tear down stadium
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city to partner with a company that has “deep pockets” and possibly sell the stadium. That option isn’t on the table now because there is “no appetite” to see the facility torn down, the mayor said. It would cost $367,000 in utility and minor maintenance costs to keep the stadium sitting empty, city staff said. The Can-Am League was originally established in Ontario and Upstate New York in 1936 and folded a number of times before restarting in 2005. Nearby teams include Trois-Rivieres and Quebec City. Can-Am teams play an interleague schedule with the American Association, another independent league.
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creates a foundation the city can build on. The proposed contract with the league, which still needs council’s final approval, would give Can-Am a 10-year lease and two five-year options to renew. It also recommends the city seek additional tenants, likely sports-related, to rent office space in the stadium. Some councillors wondered whether that was enough of an out for the city in case a better team came along or it became obvious that selling and redeveloping the land would be more beneficial to the city. Peter Bachelor, a well-known local highschool baseball coach and member of Friends of the Blue Jays Fan Association, advised the
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