May 08, 2004
D.C. council: We'll pay
It might be time to start reading Associated Press stories backwards, just like the recommendation has long been with the New York Times. Stuck at the very end of a long story about D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams meeting with MLB officials in charge of relocating the Montreal Expos was this statement by D.C. councilmember Jack Evans: "If they decide to put a team here, we will build them a stadium. They don't have to pay for it."
That's the boldest commitment yet that the council has made to a stadium financing plan, and seems like it'd be hard for MLB to pass up, despite Bud Selig's desire to have a stadium check in hand before tabbing a winner in the Expos sweepstakes. A third incarnation of the Washington Senators is far from a sure thing, but D.C. is certainly inching its way up our Relocation Odds Chart.
