By Madison Iszler, Staff writers | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-08-05 17:50:11
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
2024 年 6 月 27 日，圣安东尼奥 Missions 队与米德兰 Rockhounds 队在尼尔森·沃尔夫市立体育场 (Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium) 的比赛开始前，Missions 队的外场手小罗伯特·佩雷斯 (Robert Perez Jr.) (8 号) 在休息区。该体育场不符合联盟的新标准，Missions 队的老板计划在市中心新建一座棒球场。
圣安东尼奥 Missions 队 可能会在 2028 年 4 月之前，在市中心圣佩德罗溪文化公园附近的一座新体育场内进行比赛。
根据市长罗恩·尼伦伯格 (Ron Nirenberg) 和贝尔县法官彼得·酒井 (Peter Sakai) 最近发给美国职业棒球大联盟的一封信和条款清单，该球队的老板计划主要利用公共资金为这支双 A 球队建造一座可容纳 4500 个座位的棒球场。
Missions 队的老板计划在圣佩德罗溪文化公园北端附近的一块大部分空置的土地上建造一座新的棒球场。
该文件没有列出体育场的造价。此外，它还提到了将围绕该设施进行的其他类型的开发，但没有具体描述业主将在旁边建造什么。
然而，消息人士告诉《圣安东尼奥快报》，该棒球场的造价可能约为 2 亿美元，并且可能会被公寓以及潜在的办公和零售空间所包围。
该文件确实提供了更多关于如何支付这个公共项目费用以及何时建造的细节。
酒井和尼伦伯格在 7 月 22 日的信中写道：“这座一流的小联盟棒球场……可以被 Missions 队用来延续我们社区 136 年的棒球传统”，并且“设想成为一个多功能场所，用于举办各种社区活动，旨在激活邻近的圣佩德罗溪文化公园。”
根据条款清单，该项目将由新成立的圣佩德罗溪开发局发行的债券提供资金。
债券的债务将通过新的税收评估区的收入以及休斯顿街税收增量再投资区内新开发项目产生的城市和县级财产税增量来偿还。租赁付款和门票费的收入也将用于偿还债务。
Missions 队的老板（称为指定投标人有限责任公司）也将支付部分体育场的建设费用，但不清楚具体金额。
指定投标人有限责任公司和该市将共同出资设立一个基金，用于维护和改善棒球场，业主将与县政府合作建造一个公共停车场。
酒井在周一的一次采访中表示，总的建设成本仍然未知，他称他和尼伦伯格的条款清单是“一个概述”。他拒绝透露在他看来，Missions 队的老板应该支付多少比例的费用。
除了 Missions 队每年 70 场主场比赛外，该体育场还将用于举办大学和高中联赛、节日和其他活动，并将可容纳 8000 人。预计将于 2028 年 4 月完工。
指定投标人有限责任公司计划在建造棒球场的同时建造新开发项目的第一阶段，并于 2032 年完工。
该信和条款清单没有具体说明何时可以开始施工。
县政委员会定于周二举行闭门会议，讨论该组织的计划。贝尔县政委员会和市议会必须对任何融资条款进行公开投票。
“我们预计此类授权将在今年秋季提交给这些机构，并在之后尽快执行最终协议，”酒井和尼伦伯格在信中表示。
指定投标人有限责任公司面临着敲定 Missions 队计划的压力，Missions 队目前在该市西区老化的尼尔森·沃尔夫市立体育场进行比赛。他们必须在明年开幕日之前升级建于 1994 年左右的沃尔夫体育场，以满足联盟的新标准，或者提议建造一座新的设施。如果不能遵守规定，圣安东尼奥可能会失去这支球队，而老板们表示翻新沃尔夫体育场是不可行的。
他们 在 2022 年以 2800 万美元的价格收购了 Missions 队。
“我们希望意向书中提出的计划能在短期内获得市议会和县政委员会的批准，因为这是美国职业棒球大联盟的要求，我们期待着在计划获得包括美国职业棒球大联盟在内的所有各方批准后，公开分享该计划，”圣安东尼奥商人兼球队投资者布鲁斯·希尔 (Bruce Hill) 在一份声明中表示。
其他老板包括 Weston Urban 的联合创始人格雷厄姆·韦斯顿 (Graham Weston) 和兰迪·史密斯 (Randy Smith)、马刺队主席彼得·J·霍尔特 (Peter J. Holt)、前 Clear Channel 电台高管鲍勃·科恩 (Bob Cohen)、前市长亨利·西斯内罗斯 (Henry Cisneros)、马刺队传奇人物大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson) 和马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili)、Avanzar Interior Technologies 首席执行官贝尔托·格拉 (Berto Guerra)、Operational Technologies Corp. 创始人马克斯·纳瓦罗 (Max Navarro)、前德克萨斯州州务卿兼企业主霍普·安德拉德 (Hope Andrade) 以及 La Familia Cortez Restaurants 的科尔特斯家族。
Weston Urban 已经在圣佩德罗溪文化公园附近的几个街区购买或租赁了至少 19 英亩的土地用于建造体育场，其中包括 Soap Factory 公寓和前阿拉莫市中心汽车经销店。
消息人士告诉《圣安东尼奥快报》，该公司仍在寻求购买另一块土地，以巩固棒球场的占地面积：前福克斯科技高中的棒球场。该公司正在与圣安东尼奥独立学区就该地块进行谈判。
该棒球场将靠近 Weston Urban 的各种资产，包括弗罗斯特大厦、韦斯顿中心和米拉姆办公楼、一个名为 300 Main 的公寓大楼、前大陆酒店旧址上的住宅开发项目，以及休斯顿街沿线的兰德大厦和萨沃伊大厦。
酒井表示，重新开发圣佩德罗溪文化公园的北端值得公共投资，因为它可以带动更多私人开发，为县和市创造更多财产税收。
“更大的图景是对这整块土地的公共融资，”酒井说。“我知道焦点是为圣安东尼奥 Missions 队建造一座新的棒球场，但我们不要忘记或忽视 Weston Urban 集团将对这整块土地产生的影响。”
他说，该开发项目可能包括酒店、公寓和办公楼。
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Missions outfielder Robert Perez Jr. (8) in the dugout prior to the start of the San Antonio team’s game with the Midland Rockhounds at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium on June 27, 2024. The stadium is not in line with new league standards and the owners of the Missions plan to build a ballpark downtown.
The San Antonio Missions could be playing baseball in a new stadium near San Pedro Creek Culture Park downtown by April 2028.
The team’s owners plan to build a 4,500-seat ballpark for the Double-A team largely with public money, according to a letter and term sheet that Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai recently sent to Major League Baseball.
The owners of the Missions plan to build a new ballpark on mostly vacant property near the northern end of San Pedro Creek Culture Park.
The document doesn’t include a price tag for the stadium. Also, it mentions other types of development that would surround the facility but doesn’t describe what exactly the owners would build next to it.
However, sources have told the Express-News the ball field could cost about $200 million and likely would be surrounded by apartments and potentially office and retail space.
The document does provide more details about how the publicly-owned project would be paid for and when it would be built.
The “first-class minor league baseball stadium … can be utilized by the Missions to continue the 136-year legacy of baseball in our community” and “is envisioned as a multi-purpose venue for a myriad of community events designed to activate the adjacent San Pedro Creek Culture Park,” Sakai and Nirenberg wrote in the July 22 letter.
It would be financed with bonds issued by a newly-created San Pedro Creek Development Authority, according to the term sheet.
Debt on the bonds would be paid with revenue from a new tax assessment district and the city and county’s portions of the property tax increment generated by new development within the Houston Street Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone. Revenue from lease payments and ticket fees would be used to pay the debt too.
The Missions’ owners — known as Designated Bidders LLC — would also pay for part of the stadium’s construction, though it’s unclear how much.
Designated Bidders LLC and the city would contribute to a fund for maintaining and improving the ballpark, and the owners would work with the county to build a public parking garage.
Sakai said in an interview Monday the total construction cost remains unknown, and he called his and Nirenberg’s term sheet “a broad overview.” He declined to say what percentage of the cost, in his view, the Missions owners should pay.
Aside from the Missions’ 70 annual home games, the stadium would be used for college and high school tournaments, festivals and other events and would have room for 8,000 people. It’s expected to be finished by April 2028.
Designated Bidders LLC plans to build the first phase of the new development at the same time as the ballpark and finish it by 2032.
The letter and term sheet don’t specify how soon construction could begin.
County commissioners are scheduled to discuss the group’s plans in a closed-door session Tuesday. Bexar County Commissioners Court and the City Council must publicly vote on any financing terms.
“We expect such authorizations to come before these bodies in the fall of this year and the execution of definitive agreements as soon as practicable thereafter,” Sakai and Nirenberg’s letter states.
Designated Bidders LLC is under pressure to finalize a plan for the Missions, who currently play at the aging Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium on the city’s West Side. They must either upgrade the circa-1994 Wolff Stadium to meet new league standards or propose a new facility by Opening Day next year. Failure to comply could result in San Antonio losing the team, and the owners have said renovating Wolff Stadium is not feasible.
They bought the Missions for $28 million in 2022.
“We’re hopeful that the plan set forth in the letter of intent will be approved by the City Council and the County Commissioners in the near term as required by MLB, and we look forward to sharing the plan publicly once it has been approved by all parties, including MLB,” Bruce Hill, a San Antonio businessman and team investor, said in a statement.
The other owners include Weston Urban co-founders Graham Weston and Randy Smith, Spurs Chairman Peter J. Holt, onetime Clear Channel radio executive Bob Cohen, former Mayor Henry Cisneros, Spurs legends David Robinson and Manu Ginobili, Avanzar Interior Technologies CEO Berto Guerra, Operational Technologies Corp. founder Max Navarro, former Texas Secretary of State and business owner Hope Andrade and the Cortez family of La Familia Cortez Restaurants.
Weston Urban has bought or leased at least 19 acres across several blocks near San Pedro Creek Culture Park for the stadium, including the Soap Factory apartments and the former Alamo Downtown Automotive dealership.
The firm is still seeking to buy another parcel to solidify the ballpark footprint: the former Fox Tech High School baseball field. It is in negotiations with the San Antonio Independent School District for the property, a source has told the Express-News.
The ballpark would be close to an assortment of Weston Urban’s holdings, including the Frost Tower, Weston Centre and Milam office buildings, an apartment complex called 300 Main, a residential development at the former Continental Hotel site and the Rand and Savoy buildings along Houston Street.
Sakai said redevelopment of the northern end of San Pedro Creek Culture Park is worth public investment because it could spark more private development, generating more property tax revenue for the county and city.
“The bigger picture is the public financing for this entire piece of property,” Sakai said. “I understand that the focus is a new baseball stadium for the San Antonio Missions, but let us not forget or overlook the impact that Weston Urban Group is going to make for this entire piece of property.”
That development could include hotels, apartments and office buildings, he said.
By Madison Iszler, Staff writers, via San Antonio Express-News