May 15, 2008
Omaha Royals: If you build it, we won't stay
This is one of the strangest stories I've seen in a while: The minor-league Omaha Royals are threatening to leave town if the city builds a new stadium. Yeah, you read that right - if the city does build a new stadium. The problem, according to the Omaha World-Herald: The new stadium is being built for the College World Series (which was itself threatening to move if it didn't get a new home), and "the Royals and the team's league have expressed numerous concerns about Omaha's new stadium, including its larger-than-they-desire size and the financial plan in the new lease." No details on what the Royals don't like about the lease, though it has previously been reported that some stadium revenues would be used to defray construction costs, so maybe the Royals are worried there wouldn't be enough left over for them.
