Politics & Government
Spotsylvania Weighs Plan to Build Minor League Baseball Stadium: Media Report
Supervisors schedule public hearing next week on multimillion-dollar proposal.
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Minor league baseball could be coming to Spotsylvania County, under a proposal that the Board of Supervisors plans to discuss next week.
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The Free Lance-Star reported Wednesday that the supervisors are weighing a plan to borrow up to $43 million to build a minor league stadium in the Southpoint II shopping center. The stadium would be built without raising taxes on current residents and businesses.
A Maryland baseball team, the Hagerstown Suns, has expressed interest in moving to the Fredericksburg area, according to the Free Lance-Star. The Suns are a Class A affilitate of the Washington Nationals.
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The supervisors voted 5-1 on Tuesday night to hold a special public meeting on the stadium proposal at 6 p.m. next Tuesday, May 5, at the Holbert Building, at 9104 Courthouse Road in Spotsylvania.
The county government has posted documents related to the stadium proposal on its website. Check them out here.
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