Brewers will contribute $56-60M to the project and commit to remaining at the facility through at least '42BREWERS
The Brewers yesterday "released renderings as well as a full description of the renovation project for Maryvale Baseball Park, showing the full scope of the expansion scheduled to be finished in time" for Spring Training in '19, according to Tom Haudricourt of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. The Brewers "agreed to contribute" $56-60M to the project and "commit to remaining at the facility" through at least '42. Construction is "set to begin at the end of this spring's camp and be 'substantially completed'" in time for Spring Training next season, an "ambitious goal considering the scope of the project." The city of Phoenix will allocate $2M "each year for the next five years to the renovation," and the Arizona Sports & Tourism Authority will contribute approximately $5.7M. Among the planned components is a new clubhouse building with "locker rooms, concessions, restrooms, retail and ticketing areas." The two-story building will "run the length of the site from the updated home plate gate plaza to the existing major league clubhouse building down the right-field line." The new building would be double the current space (41,000 square feet to 82,000), and would serve as a "flagship retail sales store and primary ticket office." The north side of the building will contain "new concession stands and restrooms, with the first-base concourse widened to better accommodate pedestrian traffic." A new entrance will be "created by home plate, featuring the primary ticket office and gates" to the complex. The existing major league clubhouse also "will be renovated" and other improved areas or new areas "include the scoreboard, press box, private and party suites, landscaping, commissary, visiting team clubhouse" (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/22).
