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The Shrine on Airline could get a major facelift
Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:39 am
Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:39 am
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Jefferson Parish and state officials are discussing transforming the stadium, built in 1997, from one fit for mostly for baseball into a rectangular alignment that would allow it to host more high school football, rugby, soccer and concerts.
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The renovation could include putting artificial turf down as well as adding stands along the field's eastern side, in what is now right and center fields. Preliminary renderings show single-level stands with a flat cover to provide shade. Other amenities, such as expanded concession areas, could also be added, they said.
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One use that's not likely for the 10,000-seat stadium? Professional baseball.
Minor League Baseball is "not sustainable here," Bonano said.
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A redesigned Shrine could also be used to lure other professional sports teams. Parish officials have met with a consultant who is studying the viability of professional minor league soccer in the area.
One potential candidate would be a team in the United Soccer League, which is a step below Major League Soccer and in the midst of a rapid expansion. The league has recently added teams in El Paso, Birmingham and Memphis.
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Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:48 am to WPBTiger
quote:It certainly was when you had the Astros affiliate here - not so much when you got teams that nobody local cared about like the Marlins and Mets. And lets not get into that horrendous name change that killed it off...
Minor League Baseball is "not sustainable here," Bonano said.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:55 am to Horsemeat
Putting it in a better location would help a lot too. I’m not saying a park would have to be built directly downtown but closer to the core of New Orleans would help a lot. Louisiana probably has one of the highest baseball popularity rates, per capita, in the country. At minimum higher than average. Minor league baseball should be successful in NOLA if done right
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:05 am to Pedro
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Minor league baseball should be successful in NOLA if done right
Agree.
Hard part is downtown is the ideal location and land is way too expensive to be worth it for a minor league park.
The Uptown NIMBYs wouldn't allow Turchin.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:06 am to WPBTiger
They should. It already has all the parking. Playing games at EJ is an absolute mess!!
Posted on 5/14/22 at 9:43 am to Pedro
quote:Get Jay Cicero involved an find a way to get Jay Miller back in town.
Minor league baseball should be successful in NOLA if done right
This post was edited on 5/14/22 at 9:45 am
Posted on 5/14/22 at 9:50 am to STEVED00
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Playing games at EJ is an absolute mess!!
I recall JP saying they would upgrade the concessions at Yenni and Memtsas and make their scoreboards the biggest in the South lol…
That story came out last July and they said they would start work after soccer was done in February
In that story they said it themselves. They wanted more teams from Orleans to use their stadiums, since they said JP kids were on those teams
This post was edited on 5/14/22 at 9:55 am
Posted on 5/14/22 at 9:52 am to WPBTiger
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Minor League Baseball is "not sustainable here," Bonano said.
Why does he think that? Is it cause people didn’t want to see the shitty baby cakes in an old outdated piece of crap?
Posted on 5/14/22 at 10:14 am to WPBTiger
This seems like a good idea. Good job JP
Posted on 5/14/22 at 11:51 am to thejuiceisloose
Minor league baseball is ‘not sustainable’
But minor league soccer is????
ROTFL
Loloolololololololol
But minor league soccer is????
ROTFL
Loloolololololololol
Posted on 5/14/22 at 12:25 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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But minor league soccer is????
Well yeah you can play football and rugby on those fields too
Posted on 5/14/22 at 12:45 pm to Horsemeat
went to a lot of zephyrs games back then, and we always had a good time. Several times we had employee parties at the pool area. There were prospects we followed and we watched call ups, etc.
they killed it, not us
they killed it, not us
Posted on 5/14/22 at 12:46 pm to Pedro
I think a minor league stadium on the West Bank overlooking the downtown skyline would be great. Add a walking/biking bridge to connect the two sides and revitalize that area
Posted on 5/14/22 at 12:50 pm to WPBTiger
MLB took away 42 minor league teams a couple of years ago. each team only has 4 now. no new teams are coming, all you could hope for is for one to move.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:02 pm to pnut53088
I’d imagine it would be extremely expensive to build a bridge like that, plus it would have to be so high for ships to fit under it that it would be way too difficult to bike up and down.
This post was edited on 5/14/22 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:03 pm to Patron Saint
I'm down for a zip line!
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:03 pm to WPBTiger
They should not spend another $0.01 of tax payers’ money on the boondoggle.
Sell the land and build a Costco.
Sell the land and build a Costco.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:16 pm to UncleLester
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They should not spend another $0.01 of tax payers’ money on the boondoggle. Sell the land and build a Costco.
Agreed.
If no baseball team is coming, bulldoze the stadium and make it green space or commercial.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:37 pm to Patron Saint
Don’t kill my vision haha
Posted on 5/14/22 at 1:40 pm to Horsemeat
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And lets not get into that horrendous name change that killed it off...
Probably the gayest name ever used in pro sports and I don't say that lightly.
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