Things are calmer on the Downtown baseball stadium front. Media outlets went into overdrive this past weekend when Mayor Oscar Leeser's office released an email from MountainStar Sports Group and a response from the mayor as most interpreted it as a request for $10 million more for the construction budget. The mayor and other Council members adamantly said "No."
Today, a joint press conference was held where MountainStar clarified it was only seeking some changes to the contract, not more money from the City. Though the group acknowledges that the stadium costs will exceed the current $64 million budget, the letter sent to the mayor was not asking for the City to put up more money for construction.
Read the entire story at the El Paso Times website.
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