By a narrow 5-4 vote, the Macon-Bibb County Commission on Tuesday approved spending $50,000 for a feasibility study to determine if the city can support a new ballpark and a minor league baseball team. Washington, D.C.-based Brailsford & Dunlavey will complete a market analysis and economic feasibility study, which will take about 10 weeks to complete. Read more here. Watch news report here.
Macon-Bibb County Approves $50K for Ballpark Feasibility Study
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Man, I would love to see a Southern League team there. The league is based in Georgia but hasn’t fielded a team in the state since the 1990 Columbus Mudcats. Macon can take their time coming up with a good plan and proposal and in a few years either Jackson or Mobile will be ripe for hearing a relocation offer. At a minimum, I can’t imagine the BayBears staying at Hank Aaron Stadium beyond their present lease, which has seven long more years left on it but I’m sure there’s a way out of that.