SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL UPDATE

OK there is some news, and that is important since there is approximately one month left for them to get a deal done. The important stuff here is that they reported that the 2 interested teams, The Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, have been in direct discussions with the City of West Palm Beach regarding the site on 45th St. between Haverhill and Military Trail. The rough plan is for the County to take over the 160 acre site from the City of West Palm Beach and then pay for the stadium. The City of West Palm currently owns the site. Since it is publicly owned this site would be much less complicated than the other sites which are owned privately. A scenario has been discussed where West Palm would lease the land to the County for a small fee and then allow the County to operate it. This is exactly what they did at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter so there is some history and precedence here. The only issue now seems to be the cleaning up of the current landfill on the site and the teams selecting the site. Once they do they could go full speed ahead with a deal. Other than that they announced that the John Prince Park site in Lake Worth is not in consideration at this time. There is no mention as to whether the other site that had been mentioned in Lake Worth is still a contender. The clock is ticking and this could be the news we have all been waiting for. Palm Beach County please take the easiest deal, which has good access from I-95 just like Roger Dean, and do it just like you did for Roger Dean. Simple and clean, now it just has to get done. Stay tuned for another update, which must be coming soon since we are almost at May 3rd! My fingers are crossed here for sure. As always thanks for reading and have a great day.