No New Ballpark for Waukesha

Mindiola Park won’t serve as the home for a new summer collegiate baseball stadium and soccer complex.  Waukesha (WI) city officials acknowledged that a plan to use $12.8 million in public financing through future property tax dollars (TIF) to fund a multi-sport complex at the Hoover Avenue park simply does not have the support it needs to make it a reality.  Read more here.

 

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Filed under Design & Construction, Market & Location, Stadium Issues

2 responses to “No New Ballpark for Waukesha

  1. rf9

    $ doesn’t grow on trees n imo 12.8 mil is a lot of coin

    • BallparkBiz

      It was Tax Increment Financing. They were only losing future property tax revenue on the development that probably wouldn’t happen but for the development anyway.

      Alan

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