Expos' move hits snag in Washington
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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's decision to fund a baseball stadium highlights a debate over sports funding.
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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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With the Orioles' compensation package from the Expos' move to D.C. still to be determined, Baltimore's offseason shopping plans are still in flux.
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Major League Baseball owners yesterday approved the relocation of the Montreal Expos to Washington by a 29-1 vote, with Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos standing alone in opposition.
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Major League Baseball will announce today that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, the Associated Press has learned.
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Major League Baseball finally did what many expected: It announced Washington, DC, will be the new home of the Expos. The best choice?
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Major League Baseball owners tabled Thursday&#39;s vote to relocate the Montreal Expos to Washington. According to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, the owners will likely vote before the winter meetings on Dec. 6.
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The Expos president has lists prepared and plans in place to close up shop in Montreal and rebuild the franchise in Washington. He&#39;ll begin to act once Major League Baseball confirms the club&#39;s move, something which could happen as soon as Thursday.
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Baseball owners took another step toward moving the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, giving conditional approval Friday but hinging their decision on the September agreement that did not cap the cost of a new ballpark.
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A three-judge panel yesterday cleared a legal path for the Expos to move to Washington by ruling against an attempt by the team&#39;s former owners to keep the franchise in Montreal.
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The Montreal Expos remain in limbo, already out of one home but not quite ready to move into a new one.
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Expos president Tony Tavares told reporters of the move after the Expos&#39; final home game. That news was later confirmed to Washington mayor Anthony Williams by MLB officials.
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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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Is the nation&#39;s capital on the verge of losing baseball again - this time without even playing a game? The move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC, appeared close to falling through Wednesday after
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Major League Baseball team owners have approved the Montreal Expos&#39; move to Washington next year, but the deal is still subject to a stadium agreement.
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Commissioner Bud Selig's three-year contract extension, the start of a baseball television network and a World Cup tournament are likely to gain overwhelming approval from owners this week, while a decision on the future home of the Montreal Expos is put off once again.