Message of the Day – A Baseball Stadium

There was a time way back in 2007 when McHenry County College’s Board was considering putting the taxpayer on the hook for about $26 million to build a minor league baseball stadium.

This was at the behest of then-President Walt Packard.

Besides the fact that college administrators figured out a way to keep virtually every detail of construction out of the reach of Freedom of Information requests, the lifespan of a minor league baseball team averages five years.

The bonds were to run twenty-five years, I believe.

It was a really bad deal, as this article outlines.

Coming home from Springfield’s Old Capitol Air Fair we passed a junior college minor league stadium that got built.

Normal’s Corn Crib Stadium.

The Corn Crib opened in 2010 as part of Heartland Community College.


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Message of the Day – A Baseball Stadium — 5 Comments

  1. The Northwest Herald editor also promoted the building of a baseball stadium.

  2. Day 7

    Anyone see Gasser at work today

    Prior days with no confirmed sightings by bloggers

    5

    Prior days with confirmed sightings

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  3. This just in.

    Gasser just farted, so you should be able to pick up his trail,

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