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Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats Will Relocate To Columbia, S.C.

Hardball Capital Chair & CEO Jason Freier today announced that the Single-A South Atlantic League Savannah Sand Gnats will relocate to Columbia, S.C. They will open play next April at the $37M Spirit Communications Park, where "construction has been underway since the start of the year." The club's contract to stay in Savannah's Grayson Stadium expires Sept. 30 (THESTATE.com, 5/21).

Freier for years "had been trying to get the Savannah City Council to support the construction" of a new ballpark, but the "mayor and aldermen had resisted the idea due to concerns about costs as they plan out high-dollar projects such as a new arena" (SAVANNAHNOW.com, 5/21).

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