Hartford's City Council voted Saturday in favor of a 25-year lease with a municipal stadium authority to manage and run a new downtown baseball park that will house the Rock Cats and bring Minor League Baseball to the capital city.
“I want to thank Council President Shawn Wooden, the City Council and the Treasurer for their hard work and due diligence on this historic project," Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra said in a statement. "As I’ve said in the past, doing nothing is no longer an option. What was once a sea of parking lots for decades will soon be a thriving new neighborhood bringing more customers for our businesses and more jobs to our capital city.”
The new baseball park is schedule dto open in April 2016 for the start of the Minor League Baseball season.
