'Build it and they will come': Council commits to next steps for Currie Field replacement
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Regina City Council committed to taking the next steps towards replacing Currie Field.
Regina City Council committed to taking the next steps towards replacing Currie Field.
At their meeting Wednesday, councilors approved a study that would search for possible private donors and sponsors for a new tier-one ball park.
“We don’t know where it will be located, but it will be in a really great place to play baseball,” said Ward 2 Coun. Bob Hawkins, who submitted the motion along with Mayor Sandra Masters.
“We don’t know exactly what the stadium will look like, but we hope it will be a first-class facility,” Hawkins added.
The current home for the Regina Red Sox is over 60 years old with facilities well past their life span and not to the standard of Baseball Canada nor the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL).
“We’re in a bit of an existential situation,” said Red Sox Vice President Alan Simpson and Co-founder of Living Sky Entertainment, who owns the Red Sox.
“It’s more than let’s build a stadium – build it and they will come,” he added. “[Sponsors] will come, but they will also go.”
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