Brewers American Family Field home run



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Brewers will play at American Family Field until 2050 Image: American Family Field, Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0

A lease agreement for the American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US) has been approved ensuring the Milwaukee Brewers and the Major League Baseball (MLB) will remain in Wisconsin through 2025.

‘cbs58.com’ stated that the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District voted recently during a Board meeting deliberating for more than an hour in closed session before opening it back up to pass the motion.

The 41,900-capacity American Family Field is a retractable roof stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US). Located Southwest of the intersection of Interstate 94 and Brewers Boulevard it is the ballpark of Major League Baseball’s (MLB’s) Milwaukee Brewers. It opened in 2001.

The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US). The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League Central Division.

The Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL) with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. The league is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan (US).

The Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District is a local Government unit that oversees the planning, construction and maintenance of the American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The district is also responsible for managing the stadium’s leases and subleases.

Eleven (11) members said ‘Yes’ while Senator Duey Stroebel was the only one to say ‘No’.

Stated Stroebel, “I fear that this deal could lead to unintended negative consequences for the taxpayers and the State of Wisconsin in the future.”

‘cbs58.com’ further stated that the lease would use hundreds of millions in State and local taxpayer dollars to renovate and Winterize the stadium.

Board Member Dale Kooyenga, who is also the President of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Area of Commerce, said, “We’re the smallest region in the country to have a baseball team. We’re in a talent war nationally, internationally and when you look at talent, talent wants to be where there are things to do and baseball is part of the American experience of things to do. Wisconsin, we love our sports, we love our Brewers, we love to have a good time and so this is a big step in just continuing that till 2050 to make sure this is one of the elite baseball stadiums in the country.”

Now, the Major League Baseball (MLB) and the State Department of Administration must also approve the lease.

Commented Kooyenga, “We have indications they would do that and essentially move forward to what does the next phase of the AmFam Field look like?”

Plus, if the Brewers want to create additional developments in the area further discussions would be held to figure out how they would make sense for both the team and the community.

The Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers also released a statement celebrating the vote which comes just over a year after he signed the 2023 Wisconsin Act 40 and 41 to keep the Brewers and the MLB in the Badger State (Wisconsin) – “This is a home run and it’s a great day to be a Wisconsinite and a Brewers fan. I am incredibly proud of the good, bipartisan work that has gone into getting to ensure the future generations of Wisconsinites can grow up rooting for our home team. The Brewers have long been a critical part of our history and our heritage in Wisconsin with billions of dollars in annual economic impact and hundreds of local, family-supporting jobs. This is our crew!”

Since opening its doors in 2001, the ballpark has generated $2.5 billion in total economic output for the State. In 2022 alone, the ballpark supported 3,000 jobs. The Brewers and the American Family Field also supports more than 1,100 union jobs including the Brewers employees and the union employees through vendors and related services.

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