Nashville group finds partner in search for land that could become the site of an MLB-ready stadium
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music City Baseball is teaming with a property company in hopes of buying land that could one day serve as the home of a Major League Baseball team.
The deal between Music City Baseball and Lincoln Property Company announced Tuesday is designed to secure land for a mixed-use development that could include an MLB-ready stadium.
Music City Baseball is an organization of business and community leaders in Nashville that is seeking to bring the majors to Tennessee. The group has already picked a nickname 'Stars,' a nod to a Negro League Team that played in Nashville in the 1940s and 50s.
The group could have some time to find a location.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has said MLB won't explore expansion until securing new ballparks for the Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays.
The A's plan to move to a new park in Las Vegas in 2028, but construction has not started, and they will send at least three seasons playing home games at a minor league stadium in Sacremento. Tampa Bay withdrew this month from a planned $1.3 billion stadium plan in St. Petersburg, citing a hurricane and delays that likely drove up the proposal's cost, and will play home games this season at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, the New York ankees' spring training home.
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