Posted January 13, 200421 yr I heard somewhere that a detroit based group is trying to buy the Expos and move them to Tiger Stadium. That would be great.
January 13, 200421 yr FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carmen Thurman 248-552-8690 or [email protected] ?Take Me Out To The Ball Game?? Detroit, Michigan ?Global Baseball, Inc. (GBI) and Cam-Tr? Innovations today announced the completion of their initial discussions to bring Major League Baseball back to the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. Local Metro Detroit Venture Capitalists, Gus Aguilar and former Major League player Nikco Riesgo, of GBI, and Carmen Thurman, of Cam-Tr? Innovations, are Michigan based Hispanic business leaders with a common desire to participate in revitalizing Detroit. GBI is currently preparing proposals for the purchase of the National League Montreal Expos, with the specific intent of moving the club to Detroit. The troubled Expos were purchased by the other twenty-nine Major League teams prior to the 2002 season. A committee appointed by the team owners is now seeking a new home for the team. Riesgo, who actually debuted in 1991 for the Expos, believes that Detroit will be a prime candidate. ?There are several other cities already vying for the team,? he said. ?But moving the Expos to one of those locations means the leagues will have to revise their divisions and wait for a new stadium to be built. Neither of those problems are issues in Detroit. We can play our first game in 2005.? If the purchase is successful, GBI will become only the second minority group with controlling interest in a Major League ball club. While GBI negotiates the purchase, Cam-Tr? will design a new fan reservation website, prepare media materials, new logo proposals (current Expos colors will be retained), and public relation programs, manage promotional activities and act as liaison to the team and city. When asked about the wisdom of bringing a second Major League team to Detroit, Riesgo explained that: ?This is a very wise ? and timely ? move. The city is already implementing downtown improvements for the 2006 Super Bowl. Bringing the former Tiger Stadium back to life will complement the Super Bowl efforts, particularly in the Cork Town area. New businesses and new jobs will spring up around the stadium, just as has happened in other two-team cities.? Riesgo also pointed out that tourism would increase through organized Expos travel packages for Canadian fans. - more - Along with the desire to help revitalize Detroit, GBI and Cam-Tr? also share an interest in preserving baseball heritage. ?Baseball has been played at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull since 1896, before the Tigers were even formed? offered Aguilar. ?Navin Field opened on April 20, 1912, the same day as Fenway Park. Two years later, Chicago opened what would become Wrigley Field. These three parks are the only remaining direct links to the early heritage of professional baseball.? Riesgo then ventured that: ?Heritage and tradition make up the core of baseball and fans have a deep understanding of that. I believe that once again seeing professional baseball in one of the three ?Grande Dames? of the sport will be a major factor in the success of this venture.? According to Thurman, blending baseball?s heritage with Detroit?s presents the GBI and Cam-Tr? team with many opportunities. The plans for the new ball club and historic stadium will help to increase the economic viability and business diversity of the community with creating jobs and minority business development at the forefront of development strategy. The plan will also create an environment that will continue giving strength to the community for years to come. The promise of a National League team in Detroit is an exciting proposition. A National League team will not conflict with the American League Detroit Tigers. In fact, it will actually compliment the Tigers as well as the City of Detroit with the high hopes and possibility of an All-Detroit World Series every year as the ultimate prize. Progress and developments will be reported by Cam-Tr? Innovations. Please email words of support and your thoughts regarding a new MLB team in Detroit to [email protected]. For additional information or to contact GBI or Cam-Tr? Innovations please call 248-552-8690 or visit www.camtre.com.
January 14, 200421 yr Why would the MLB ever allow this? I'm sure they'd like to finally have a team in a large market like Detroit.
January 14, 200421 yr Why would the MLB ever allow this? I'm sure they'd like to finally have a team in a large market like Detroit. :lol
January 14, 200421 yr Why would the MLB ever allow this? I'm sure they'd like to finally have a team in a large market like Detroit. LOL :lol
January 14, 200421 yr i vote for 8 Mile Expos..Eminem can be theyre bat boy..im sure that'll raise the fan base in detroit
January 14, 200421 yr i vote for 8 Mile Expos..Eminem can be theyre bat boy..im sure that'll raise the fan base in detroit :lol
January 14, 200421 yr Why the heck would they move there? Downtown Detroit is one of the worst areas in the nation, and the rest of town isn't much better. Detroit only about 1 million people, so it's not THAT big either. This team should try and move somewhere that is a large market that doesn't have a baseball team like Charlotte, Memphis or Nashville, New Orleans, or maybe even Las Vegas.
January 14, 200421 yr Author this whole effort is just these people trying to insure that Tiger Stadium won't be torn down, which I'm all for
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