The teams who play in a city-owned ballpark don’t have to worry about these costs. “That’s the downside right now to owning your ballpark. “But I think $2.2 million is on the low side. “Until I get an architect to walk through Dozer Park, we won’t know for sure the cost,” Chiefs general manager Jason Mott said earlier this season. Dozer Park is owned by the Chiefs, which means there’s no municipal landlord to approach. In Peoria, the Chiefs management say it will take a minimum of $2.2 million and upwards of $6.5 million to bring Dozer Park up to the current specs. While some teams were in position to address all the new specs at once, others are looking at a multiyear approach, both to spread out their costs and also to hedge their bets in case the specs change again.
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The new facility rules did not initially cause a ton of concern among ownership ranks, but when the final specs were released and the fine print was examined, it was clear that few MiLB ballparks met the new specs–including many ballparks opening in the past few years–and as a result teams were forced into figuring out how to address millions needed for upgrades. The latest: the Peoria Chiefs (High-A Central), facing millions in mandated Dozer Park renovations. We’re seeing more and more teams reckon with MiLB facility issues after MLB’s takeover of the sport. Who knows, maybe you’ll catch a ball, win a t-shirt from a t-shirt cannon or meet the mascot.By Kevin Reichard on Jin Minor-League Baseball, News Honestly, the ticket prices are cheap enough that incorporating a baseball game or two during the summer is a good way to get out and enjoy life. (Only other time I was here was for beerfest, so I was more a passenger, but still took notice.) I believe there is a small parking lot nearby but do not quote me on that as I’ve only ever parked along the road when I’ve been here. From what I could gather, you either take a chance of parking along the street or find a parking spot somewhere else and walk to the stadium. The only real negative I have to say about Dozer Park is the parking situation. There were concession stands located throughout the area where you can purchase your overpriced pretzels and waters. Since it was built fairly recently, everything still had an updated and modern feeling to it. But the stadium itself was actually really nice.
It appears this was a new one built around 2002 (I would’ve been in high school at this point). Actually, now that I am looking at the Wikipedia page, this stadium was not the same one I visited as a kid. Luckily there was no repeat of that as the sun was setting as the game got started. I remember sitting here for a baseball game in 5th grade, I think, while wearing black shorts in the summer sun.
This was my first time at Dozer Park but I had been to this stadium once or twice as a kid to watch a baseball game. We may not be in to sports but we are in to adventures.
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So, what was I going to do with 4 free tickets to a baseball game? Why not use them myself? It did take some convincing and bugging of my friends to get them to go as none of us are sports fans. I snagged some for a friend but they ended up not being able to go. My job was giving away free Peoria Chiefs baseball tickets. Which is what happened on this very night. Now, if you put me in a situation where I am watching a game in person, then we can talk. I just find it too slow for my attention span. First and foremost, I am not a baseball fan.
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