D.C. Councilmen, Residents Protest Baseball Plan
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Citizens' groups, residents and some  Washington, D.C., councilmen on Tuesday protested Mayor Anthony  Williams' proposed $440 million baseball stadium plan, calling  it a "giveaway" to Major League Baseball.
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The District&#39;s $435.2 million proposal for a baseball stadium in Southeast received a hostile reception yesterday from the DC Council during a public hearing that lasted more than 12 hours.
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Tuesday night's D.C. Council vote on baseball left some business leaders worried that the events will hurt the District's credibility with developers and financiers.
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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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The Washington, D.C., City Council  on Tuesday removed a deal-breaking provision of a stadium  financing package and passed the $1 billion project, clearing  the way for baseball's return to the U.S. capital.
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The District of Columbia Council approved an amended financing plan for a ballpark for the Expos, adding provisions that major league baseball is likely to reject and could jeopardize the proposed move of the franchise.
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Residents packed the District of Columbia Council chambers Thursday to praise or pan the mayor&#39;s $440 million proposal to refurbish RFK Stadium and build a new ballpark for the Montreal Expos.
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WASHINGTON -- The delayed decision on a planned $440 million baseball stadium to house the Washington Nationals appeared close to the necessary seven votes Monday, with District of Columbia Council Chair Linda W. Cropp pledging not to stand in the way.
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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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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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A frustrated crowd in Southwest Washington denounces Mayor Anthony A. Williams's proposal to build a stadium in their community.
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An angry and frustrated crowd in Southwest Washington last night denounced Mayor Anthony A. Williams&#39;s proposal to build a baseball stadium in their community, saying they feared being displaced
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Mayor Anthony Williams, pushing for baseball on the Anacostia, has canceled a meeting Monday with the D.C. Council he must sway.
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WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Owners of Major League  Baseball's more than 30 teams did not vote as scheduled  Thursday on the proposed move of the Montreal Expos franchise  to Washington, DC.
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Major League Baseball on Wednesday rejected as &quot;wholly unacceptable&quot; a stadium financing plan approved the day before by the Washington City Council, throwing into grave
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The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, DC, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead on Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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Washington, D.C.'s City Council on  Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build  a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer  to bringing baseball back to the U.S. capital.