Hoboken After Yanks Double-A Franchise?
Via Hoboken Now:
New blogger HobokenHorse went to the Quality of Life meeting last night, where 2nd Ward Councilwoman Beth Mason spoke about her concept plan for the northwest corner of Hoboken.
While Mason has said she’d like to see office space, a hotel and a convention center there, the biggest buzz, understandably, was about the minor league ballpark she’s been uh, pitching.
Writes HobokenHorse:
The Yankees Double A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder was mentioned several times although Councilwoman Mason stated there was interests among several Double A prospects without naming names.
Outside of questions from people attending on the major issues of scale, commitment and environmental concerns around flooding, traffic and parking for such a concept, there’s also the looming problems of land already purchased by developers. A community activist indicated a certain parcel was resold recently for $40 million dollars within the area of the northwest concept plan.
For the record, the Yankees and Trenton Thunder have an agreement that runs through 2014. So, Hoboken has a five year wait, if they’re really interested…
Then again, the Yankees do have a Triple-A team that they may be thinking about moving…
lol glad some AA prospects are excited about possibly movin to hoboken in 5 years
That would be PHENOMENAL! My girlfriend lives in ‘boken and I’m very, very familiar with the town. I know exactly where they’re talking about building and while it would make Hoboken’s outlet into/out of the Lincoln Tunnel a nightmare on game days, it’s a perfect spot because that area of town in grossly underdeveloped. As long as they don’t repeat the mistake of Jerry Reinsdorf’s shithole in Chicago and orient the stadium such that you get a view of the midtown NYC skyline, that would be awesome for a minor league location.