Setback for the USA Jags. Interested to see if this kills the plan. Mobile just let its AA Southern League MILB baseball team leave for suburban Huntsville, perhaps there is no stomach for putting up $$$ to keep/upgrade local sports.

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Ladd-Peebles has charm. Always great to see old stadiums get the final laugh.

(08-22-2018 09:37 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  Setback for the USA Jags. Interested to see if this kills the plan. Mobile just let its AA Southern League MILB baseball team leave for suburban Huntsville, perhaps there is no stomach for putting up $$$ to keep/upgrade local sports.

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Funny thing is Huntsville lost their team to Biloxi about three years ago.

(08-22-2018 09:49 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Ladd-Peebles has charm. Always great to see old stadiums get the final laugh.

Unless it’s been improved recently, it’s a dump. It’s not in a great area, and one of the stadiums at the bottom of my list I’ve visited.

Mobile gonna Mobile. Grease got bigger than the wheel

(08-22-2018 10:43 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(08-22-2018 09:37 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  Setback for the USA Jags. Interested to see if this kills the plan. Mobile just let its AA Southern League MILB baseball team leave for suburban Huntsville, perhaps there is no stomach for putting up $$$ to keep/upgrade local sports.

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Funny thing is Huntsville lost their team to Biloxi about three years ago.

The BayBears are moving to Madison.

Honestly I’m surprised Jacksonville is still in the Southern League, given the enormous distance even to Pensacola, much less to Tennessee.

Ladd has seen better days. The field itself is in great shape. South was trying to give them some money right after USA stadium was completed to help renovate Ladd. There is lots of deferred maintenance, take a ton to get it ADA compliant, much less modern. But now, Ladd is put back in the pile of deferred maintenace projects the city has to decide what to do with. Lots of outcry from the area around that area doesn't want Ladd to be changed. USA is leaving and taking the Senior Bowl and Dollar General bowl with it. We don't need a 40,000 seat high school stadium for the 4 county high schools that play there. Our big high schools have their own stadium.

(08-22-2018 09:37 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  Setback for the USA Jags. Interested to see if this kills the plan. Mobile just let its AA Southern League MILB baseball team leave for suburban Huntsville, perhaps there is no stomach for putting up $$$ to keep/upgrade local sports.

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It's actually a setback for the city of Mobile. USA will still build the stadium and be better for not partnering with the city. The city is definitely the big loser here. In the Youtube video below you can see the new intramural fields being built and the old intramural fields being cleared out. The stadium will be built where the old intramural fields were, which is located next to the Jaguar Training Center, the football facilities, and the outdoor practice fields.

(08-22-2018 11:53 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  

(08-22-2018 10:43 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  

(08-22-2018 09:37 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  Setback for the USA Jags. Interested to see if this kills the plan. Mobile just let its AA Southern League MILB baseball team leave for suburban Huntsville, perhaps there is no stomach for putting up $$$ to keep/upgrade local sports.

article here

Funny thing is Huntsville lost their team to Biloxi about three years ago.

The BayBears are moving to Madison.

Honestly I’m surprised Jacksonville is still in the Southern League, given the enormous distance even to Pensacola, much less to Tennessee.

Where would they go? The other Double-A leagues (Eastern, Texas) are even further afield. They could try to catch a Triple-A affiliation, or drop down to the advanced A Florida State League, but the former is easier said than done and the latter would probably do more harm than good for attendance.