After four years, it appears that El Paso will finally begin the process of constructing a new downtown $180 million multi-purpose arena. City Council today unanimously voted to award the contract valued at $4.7 million to International Facilities Group, LLC (IFG) and they will serve as the owner's representative for the new facility...
When City Council approved the new $50 million downtown ballpark with a 6-2 vote on June 26th, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Triple-A baseball was coming to El Paso by 2014. However, with mounting opposition to the ballpark's City Hall location, there is a growing concern that plans to build the new stadium might get scrapped.
El Paso is one step closer to having affiliated baseball for the first time in nearly a decade. Following the 'If you build it they will come' model made popular in the 1989 film 'Field of Dreams,' the El Paso City Council voted 6-2 this afternoon to approve funding for a ballpark that will occupy the very site the votes were cast.
After a nearly decade long drought, affiliated baseball could be headed back to El Paso. On Tuesday, city council will vote on a proposal to build a downtown ballpark to lure a AAA team to El Paso. The item was posted on the council agenda this afternoon.