downtown ballpark

Yesterday's City Council meeting was headlined by the downtown ballpark vote, and discussion began around 11am. By the time things wrapped up, it was 6:15pm and some people spent as much as 10 hours at City Hall.

The proponents of a downtown El Paso baseball park stood and cheered as if they were witnessing a game winning home run when the El Paso City Council voted to enter into a contract with the Mountain Star Sports Group.

The "Play Ball, El Paso" rally drew a few hundred El Pasoans to Cleveland Square downtown in front of City Hall in a show of support for the downtown baseball stadium project. MountainStar Sports spokesman Steffen Poessiger talked about the rally and the issues behind it.

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.

City Engineer Alan Shubert was on SportsTalk Tuesday to discuss the new downtown ballpark and the questions that everyone has about the placement.

The conference room at the Nolan Richardson Rec Center was almost packed. Seeing two of El Paso's finest in uniform was a clue as to how this would go, as was the fact that there was a lot more gray hair in the audience than any other color...

Thank you for a taking a time out to join me for a Tuesday edition of 'On The Sidelines'!! Thank you so much for listening!! Tonight's show topics include: Would you stop supporting your team because another moved in, NBA, MLB, the downtown ballpark and soccer...

Welcome to the last show of the week!! Because of my obligations to Street Fest 2012, I will not be able to do a show tomorrow or Friday. Thank you for listening and thank you for taking a time out to join me, 'On The Sidelines'!! Show topics for tonight include: More on AAA baseball coming to El Paso, competitive eater Stephanie Torres, Euros 2012, and the NBA Draft...

Now that City Council approved the new downtown ballpark by a 6-2 vote, some people are wondering what's next?

Now that the city council has passed a proposal to build a downtown ballpark, a lot of people are wondering, 'who will pay for what?'