Hagerstown continues with the option to have two new sports facilities, one of which can charge between $10 million and $20 million.
As plans continue for a new multi-purpose baseball stadium on Summit Avenue and West Antietam Street, Hagerstown City Council members will continue Tuesday with the demolition of the municipal stadium where the Hagerstown Suns played and the structure of a new indoor turf facility.
City officials said there is a big call for indoor sports and plan to build a facility at the municipal stadium along Memorial Boulevard that would be similar to the Frederick Indoor Sports Center.
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In April, council members sought a spouse interested in participating in the progression of an inner complex.
City engineer Rodney Tissue proposed Tuesday that the city work with an organization known as Eastern Sports Management to expand the cinput. The city and Eastern Sports Management would paint in 4 stages of the project, and the council in an ongoing consultation on Tuesday afternoon agreed to enter the first phase.
The first phase involves approving a $70,000 contract with Eastern Sports Management to expand the drawings, a business plan and other major points of the complex.
The contract will be put to a vote through the board on Tuesday.
City officials expect the facility to have two lawn fields, as well as fitness and dining areas. It may also have a field, John Wack, president of Eastern Sports Management, told the board and Mayor Emily Keller.
The drawings and business plan are for the city to seek investment for the project, Tissue said. Once the cash is insured and the facility is built, the charge will be “reimbursed” through Eastern Sports Management for 20 years, Tissue said.
Although authorities said earlier this year that the facility would charge about $7 million, its charge is now estimated at between $10 million and $20 million, Tissue said. The city will be tasked with demolishing the municipal stadium, which will charge around $100,000.
It would open in the fall of 2024.
“The network and I agree,” said board member Shelley McIntire.
Herald-Mail Media recently sold its former headquarters to Summit Avenue and West Antietam Street, leaving room for the progression of the sports facility. Herald-Mail will continue its media policy for the three-state region.
The Summit Avenue assignment is advertised as a multi-purpose facility that would primarily serve as a baseball park for the minor leagues. Other occasions, such as concerts, can be held there, officials said.
The village is the investment of the project.
The state legislature, prior to this year, the Maryland Stadium Authority allocated up to $59. 5 million in bonds for the design and structure of the 5,000-seat stadium. Proceeds from the Maryland lottery will be used to pay off bond debt.