http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/baseball-debate-turning-into-a-full-season-of-speculation/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/baseball-debate-turning-into-a-full-season-of-speculation/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:13:15 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=9021 As soon as it seems dead in the water, the baseball debate in Richmond keeps coming back. Charlie Diradour extended his hand in peace today to those in the opposite dugout at a news conference he called. Connecticut, the giant Indian sculpture, looked down over the scene, a thick layer of pollen dusted over its ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/baseball-debate-turning-into-a-full-season-of-speculation/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/10/richmond-baseball-club-set-to-take-over-defenders-lease/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/10/richmond-baseball-club-set-to-take-over-defenders-lease/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:35:56 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5456 Last month, Bryan Bostic of Richmond Baseball Club LC announced they planned to buy a AA baseball team in Connecticut to replace the AAA Richmond Braves. Their plan to buy  the Connecticut  Defenders is closer to becoming a reality, despite no guarantee that the stadium slated for Shockoe Bottom will be built. According to local newspaper The Day, ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/10/richmond-baseball-club-set-to-take-over-defenders-lease/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/01/23/oped-bottom-falls-out-of-baseball-plan/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/01/23/oped-bottom-falls-out-of-baseball-plan/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:40:48 +0000 Brian Glass http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3760 Op/Ed by Brian Glass: From September 2003 until March 2008, I wrote a monthly real estate opinion column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. On nine occasions I wrote about the renovation or replacement of the Diamond. This is obviously a story that won’t go away, as I discovered on the morning of Jan. 14 with a ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/01/23/oped-bottom-falls-out-of-baseball-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/05/is-the-%e2%80%98curse-of-diamond-duck%e2%80%99-over-before-it-took-hold/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/05/is-the-%e2%80%98curse-of-diamond-duck%e2%80%99-over-before-it-took-hold/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:47:03 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2770 Richmond might some day lament the day Diamond Duck left for Atlanta, ushering in an era without baseball. A new stadium would probably cure any budding curse before it becomes debilitating. (Read: Curse of the Bambino) Developer Highwoods Properties and their team have until March 1 to submit a letter of intent and outline their ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/05/is-the-%e2%80%98curse-of-diamond-duck%e2%80%99-over-before-it-took-hold/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/29/developers-throw-richmond-a-meatball-or-is-it-a-knuckle-ball/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/29/developers-throw-richmond-a-meatball-or-is-it-a-knuckle-ball/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:11:30 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2798 On Monday the City of Richmond finally announced its plans for Shockoe Bottom and North Boulevard: Tear down the Diamond, and build a new stadium downtown. Throw in an ample mix of retail, office and residential development at both sites. Just $765 million later, fans will have a new baseball team, the city will once ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/29/developers-throw-richmond-a-meatball-or-is-it-a-knuckle-ball/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/06/charlotte-baseball-team-might-fit-in-richmond/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/06/charlotte-baseball-team-might-fit-in-richmond/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:08:45 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3416 Balpark Digest is reporting that the Tripple A Charlotte Nights are the most likely team to move to Richmond so far. According to the website, “Multiple sources in ownership ranks and the N.A. confirm the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA: International League) are first in line to claim the open Richmond market, with Ken Young and ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/10/06/charlotte-baseball-team-might-fit-in-richmond/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/16/eastern-league-coming-to-richmond/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/16/eastern-league-coming-to-richmond/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:38:56 +0000 Alec http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3444 Eastern League president Joseph McEacharn has left the door open for a new EL-affiliated Richmond baseball team. Major League Baseball places restrictions on what can be said about new teams, because certain hurdles need to be cleared before information is made public. But judging from McEacharn’s comments to the Times of Trenton in New Jersey, ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/16/eastern-league-coming-to-richmond/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/10/40-million-ballpark-boulevard-or-elsewhere/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/10/40-million-ballpark-boulevard-or-elsewhere/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:42:25 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2967 A Pennsylvania developer of minor-league ballparks has released renderings of a possible $40 million, 8,500-seat stadium for the Boulevard, but he’s open to building downtown, too. Peter Kirk, a long-time team operator from the independent Atlantic League and a partner with Opening Day Partners, is working with former Richmond mayor Robert Bobb to develop the ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/10/40-million-ballpark-boulevard-or-elsewhere/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/06/05/seventh-inning-questions/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/06/05/seventh-inning-questions/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:25:14 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3543 I’ve been thinking a lot about the business of minor league ball. A few questions: How much would a local business pay for the naming rights to a new stadium? What businesses might be likely candidates? Does paying for parking illicit some emotional reaction from consumers and turn them off, and would the Diamond get ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/06/05/seventh-inning-questions/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/21/bush-league/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/21/bush-league/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 15:23:45 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3564 Josh Leventhal, a blogger for baseballamerica.com, has a nice response to the weekend’s T-D coverage of the ongoing baseball saga. He writes, “Discounting the importance of a ballpark and fan experience is what got Richmond into this mess. Triple-A baseball is not coming back to Richmond, certainly not anytime soon. If Richmond focuses its attention ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/05/21/bush-league/feed/ 0