DC Makes Baseball Pitch to Business Leaders
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District officials yesterday began selling their plan to build a waterfront ballpark to business leaders who would end up paying the bulk of the cost, as a panel of
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday said the deal to bring Major League Baseball back to the U.S. capital was close to dead after the city council changed the plan to require private financing.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - District of Columbia Council Chairwoman Linda W. Cropp, who proposed private-financing amendment to complete a stadium deal for the newly-named Nationals, wants Major League Baseball to push back a Dec. 31 deadline.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams will try to get financing for a Major League Baseball stadium back on the city council agenda next week after the council
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MLB COO Bob DuPuy has just issued a press statement in response to last night&#39;s DC council stadium vote. It reads, in full: &quot;The legislation approved by the District of Columbia City Council last night does
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams has persuaded seven of the council&#39;s 13 members to line up in support of his baseball financing plan by slipping more than $70 million in
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Baseball&#39;s plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted Tuesday night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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Private investors have until Jan. 17 to submit proposals to assist financing Washington's new ballpark under a process started Thursday by city's chief financial officer.
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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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If Major League Baseball and the District of Columbia Council fail to reach an agreement to keep the Nationals in Washington, baseball would be faced with the difficult question
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The citizens of Washington came to the DC city council on Thursday to express a variety of opinions about the proposed new stadium deal that would bring the Expos to the city.
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Supporters and detractors of a plan to bring baseball to the District are lining up to make their case before the D.C. Council.
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The Washington Nationals are back in business. A week after the deal to move the Montreal Expos to the nation'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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Mayor Anthony A. Williams said today that the deal to bring Major League Baseball to Washington is in &quot;great, great jeopardy&quot; because of significant changes the DC Council made to a stadium financing agreement.
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Baseball's plan to move the Expos to Washington might come apart after the District of Columbia Council voted last night to require private financing for at least half the cost of a new ballpark.
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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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If the Washington Nationals never win a pennant, they have no reason to ever doubt that DC loves them. Yesterday, the District City Council tentatively approved a tab for a publicly financed ballpark that could amount to as much as $630 million.