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Originally Posted by BOSSY
It's home to the UofC Baseball team... Babe Ruth... Baseball Calgary... Sr. Men's ... Why should it be torn down it gets used almost daily - there really isn't any facilities in this city for baseball at that level besides Optimist and Glenmore that are decent... I coached at UofC and we had to play a DH at Optimist because of the Viper holding spring camp - there were 13 home runs in the two games - might be good for 16-18 year old's but doesn't cut it for collegiate play and that level.
We will never see another AAA level team here ... but we could see a Rookie league team - look at how successful Vancouver's team is - same deal they had a team in the PCL with the Cannons - kept the facility going with the UBC team and the same kind of teams using Foothills until someone came along with a short season A club and it's packed every night.
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The field is useful. The rest of the stadium likely requires updated tetanus shots before entry. It really should be torn down and replaced with something nicer and simpler. Especially if your goal is rookie league or single-A. And the latter is unlikely given the closest NWL outpost is 8 hours away by car, and probably closer to 10 by bus. We'd need to pair up with Edmonton to make it worth while, and that would mean either two relocations concurrently or two team expansion at the MLB level.