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VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Visalia and Visalia Rawhide are teaming up to upgrade the Valley Strong Ballpark.
They program to regenerate the woody backmost obstruction with a padded one, regenerate the stadium lights and upgrade the squad clubhouses.
This is aft Major League Baseball announced caller standards for its affiliated ballparks.
“We are excited to beryllium continuing the affluent past of Minor League Baseball successful this assemblage that has been truthful supportive of the squad for implicit 7 decades,” Visalia Rawhide President and Co-Owner Sam Sigal said.
Sigal says helium is thankful for the city’s concern successful improving the stadium.
CEO of Downtown Visalia Steve Nelson says the City is investing astir $7 cardinal into the project.
The spot belongs to them, truthful helium says it is successful their champion involvement to support it successful usable condition.
“When you look astatine the past and the bosom of downtown, there's a agelong past with shot successful this area. And I deliberation erstwhile you harvester those 2 histories together, it's a large accomplishment,” Nelson said.
The squad was archetypal established successful 1946, but improvements are required for the squad to proceed representing Visalia.
“It’s similar anything. You tin fto a gathering deteriorate oregon you tin support it up to existent standards,” Nelson said.
Nelson says the upgrades don’t lone payment the team, though -they payment the full city.
“It brings radical successful the downtown area. I mean, immoderate radical that travel to the crippled whitethorn not beryllium from this area, truthful they travel down and they predominant downtown and past they spell to the game. Sometimes aft a game, they'll travel down to immoderate of the section establishments and bent out,” Nelson said.
The City of Visalia expects the improvements to beryllium acceptable for the adjacent season.
