DC&#39;s &#39;Done&#39; Stadium Deal Might Not Be Quite Finished
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Baseball supporters sang. A DC Council member waved a bat in glee. The mayor and council chairman appeared together after weeks of feuding.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday signed a nearly $1 billion stadium funding package, clearing the way for the city to begin work on a ballpark for a Major League Baseball team.
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WASHINGTON - DC Council Chair Linda Cropp isn&#39;t shaken by Major League Baseball calling the DC Council&#39;s measure requiring 50 percent private financing for a new stadium &quot;wholly unacceptable.
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The deal to bring Major League  Baseball back to Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor  Anthony Williams as close to dead Wednesday after the City  Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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WASHINGTON - District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams and council chairman Linda W. Cropp reached agreement Monday night on a stadium financing package that they said will satisfy Major League Baseball by guaranteeing construction of a permanent
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday said the deal to bring baseball back to the U.S. capital was close to dead after the city council changed the plan to require private financing, a move Major League Baseball called unacceptable.
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony  Williams on Wednesday said the deal to bring baseball back to  the U.S. capital was close to dead after the city council  changed the plan to require private financing, a move Major  League Baseball called unacceptable.
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A week after the deal to move the Montreal Expos to the nation&#39;s capital appeared dead, it was revived Tuesday when the District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 to approve stadium funding legislation.
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Washington, D.C., remains the No. 1 choice to become the new home for the Montreal Expos, but issues remain, according to two people with knowledge of the relocation process.Major League Baseball's relocation committee met with representatives from the nation's capital for 11 1/2 hours Wednesday to discuss the city's proposal, but the committee isn't ready to make a recommendation to Commissioner Bud Selig.Bob DuPuy, MLB president and chief operating officer, said the Tuesday victory by ex-Washington mayor Marion Barry in the Democratic primary for City Council should not affect the city's proposal to build a stadium for the Expos. Barry opposes taxpayer funds for it.Selig has vowed the team, now owned and operated by the other 29 owners, will have a new home for the 2005 season. He hopes to have an announcement before the postseason begins Oct. 5."We have no reason to believe the elections have changed the proposal unless we're told otherwise," said DuPuy, who also believes a suit by former limited partners of the Expos will not delay moving the team.Lawyers for the partners said Wednesday they plan to ask a judge to block MLB from moving the team.In their lawsuit, 14 limited partners claim former Expos owner Jeffrey Loria and stepson David Samson conspired with baseball officials to dilute the partners' share of the team from 76% to 6%-7% and had no intention of keeping the franchise in Montreal."In my view, the lawsuit is irrelevant," DuPuy said.The relocation committee also met this week with would-be owners from Northern Virginia, who hope to put the Expos in the Washington suburbs.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.
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The Washington, DC, City Council will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after a bill passed last week was rejected by Major League Baseball and put baseball&#39;s return to the US capital at risk.
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The deal to bring baseball back to  Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as  close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan  to require private financing, a move Major League Baseball  (MLB) called unacceptable.
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IF THE District of Columbia were conducting an abstract debate over whether sports stadiums should be built with as much private financing as possible, we&#39;d side with DC Council Chairman Linda Cropp.
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WASHINGTON - DC Mayor Tony Williams said he remains confident that a deal can be worked out to bring baseball back to the city after a 33-year hiatus.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Amid rumblings a decision was forthcoming, the Montreal Expos aren&#39;t moving to Washington. At least, not yet.
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The District of Columbia has failed to meet several deadlines in the agreement for a new Washington nationals baseball stadium, Major league Baseball officials charged Thursday, putting the city in default of the lease agreement.
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The deal to move the Expos to Washington, DC, is, as Mayor Anthony Williams puts it, &quot;in jeopardy.&quot; If it falls apart, baseball will not resume talks with other cities until after Dec. 31, and it&#39;s unclear where the Expos would play this season.