Create Ballpark Design for Topeka! Win $5.5K!

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feeds@yuku.com (mcarlsonus) — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:16:13 GMT

Hey Miles! Is the AA's animosity toward the NoL SO pervasive, it bars your mentioning there's an independent club doing quite well just 60 miles down the 'pike in KCK?

The artist sketch of the stadium in T-Town looks pretty good. Nice to see there's no mention of, "...retractable roof..." and "...affordable..." evident. Just make sure you can keep Fred Phelps and his clan as far away as possible on opening day...

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feeds@yuku.com (nlfan) — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:29:40 GMT

At the moment, BPD has this as its lead story and link to the story above..

They note the due diligence facts:

Topeka's one of those markets that certainly should be big enough to support pro baseball -- in 2004, the five-county area was home to almost 228,000 people, according to the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce -- but its location (fairly...

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feeds@yuku.com (nlfan) — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:01:24 GMT

Hmm... Topeka for 2010. This would be good. One wonders where Griffith is/was on this and if the NoL is already out of the running. Certainly having a second KS indy club will make KCK more anxious/frustrated about expansion in its neighborhood.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:52:48 GMT

Baseball team a possibility

League commissioner looks at potential locations for stadium

By Mike Hall

The Capital-Journal

Published Thursday, May 08, 2008

Miles Wolff, commissioner of American Association minor league baseball, said he was impressed with the possibilities of a team for Topeka after a tour of the city Wednesday.

Wolff looked at potential sites for a...

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feeds@yuku.com (JohnU11) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:18:43 GMT

You should have heard all the yarns around here when the casinos were about to come in ... oh, the crime.
Hell, they're safer than the police station!

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feeds@yuku.com (nlfan) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:30:01 GMT

The safety of a ballpark's surroundings matter, but I'd say that there's a lot fewer issues with locations around Topeka than other larger cities. Prairie towns like Topeka, SF, SC and Fargo simply aren't as "dangerous" as Chicago or Gary. It a concern, but not a big one (like the ridiculous fears some had in Schaumburg thinking that a ballpark would itself raise crime rates in the Village).

Access, on the other hand, does matter a lot. Midway Stadium is...

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feeds@yuku.com (JohnU11) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:01:47 GMT

I am obviously not familiar with Topeka but I do know that ballparks need to be on highways and streets that people are willing to drive at night.
Interstates are fine, except when they get closed for bridge construction, which happened this year in Gary.
Whoever is siting this park needs to look at a lot more than just where the park "is" and full into how people are likely to get there (or not.)

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:22:54 GMT

http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=7078

A piece that was published in the Topeka Capital-Journal yesterday. Just my thoughts and opinions on where this possible Ballpark should be placed.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:44:12 GMT

Just a beginning...

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:46:19 GMT

Basically they are still in the planning stages. They did have some nifty renderings and ideas. I will scan what I have later and I'm working on getting the other images.

The next step is forming sub-committees.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:36:24 GMT

Multi-Use Baseball Facility Survey, Design Ideas to be Unveiled Friday

The City of Topeka will announce the...

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:38:15 GMT

Update....sort of.....

http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=6504

It was not written by me.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:43:06 GMT

Well, it has been eerily quiet as of later. I have not heard anything from the people involved in this process.

My questions (which were answered every other time) have fallen upon deaf ears appearantly.....

It could be good, but who really knows.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:06:58 GMT

Pretty good presentation by Doug Stewart of Stewart Sports Group and Bob Carlson with DLR Group. Slides of DLR projects, and plenty of examples of how cities have done it.

Stewart mentioned the AA on many occasions as being possibly the best fit for Topeka. He did mention the Northern League a few times, more as a reference to the T-Bones. He also mentioned that there are folks interested in possibly being the developer of a ballpark in Topeka.

Everyone there seemed behind...

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:37:38 GMT

First forum is tonight.

I'll let you know what happens.

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:26:40 GMT

The above mentioned article is a condensed version of my blog post last week.

http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=6041

The City does have the link to the survey on their front page, but here is the direct link http://www.topeka.org/ballparkideas.shtml

I talked to Kevin at BPD, and he says that...

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feeds@yuku.com (JohnU11) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:50:38 GMT

I don't know a great deal about how ballparks are financed or who ought to do it, but I can't see how anybody can say a city won't have a major amount of input. There is an infrastructure involved and that is a city's liability. Not to mention what it replaces, unless they just happen to have an empty beanfield in downtown Topeka.

I can see how the city might not be involved in raising the bond for the park and maybe not having much interest beyond that in who plays...

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feeds@yuku.com (nlfan) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:47:09 GMT

BPD referenced this story (complete with AA logo): City schedules ballpark talks

There's a reference to an online poll for people to take at topeka.org (though I couldn't find it) as well as public forums for people to discuss this further scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23 and 8:45...

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feeds@yuku.com (Ez Street) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:23:24 GMT

Good news is Haymarket Park was designed by DLR, the group working on the Topeka project.

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feeds@yuku.com (nlfan) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:21:35 GMT

As nice as the Steel Yard is they can get much the same effect by walking around CommunityAmerica with a much (much) shorter drive to KCK. If they want to see what it's like to put a ballpark "downtown" they could go to Haymarket Park in Lincoln; it too is an excellent facility where you can walk around the entire ballpark.

Create Ballpark Design for Topeka! Win $5.5K!

feeds@yuku.com (nlfan) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:50:48 GMT

BPD reports (with no story links) that: Topeka announces design competition for new ballpark

Quote:
The city of Topeka (Kan.) has announced a design competition for a new multi-use ballpark, with submissions due at the end of September.

... the city apparently feels it's in a position to make a new ballpark happen.