"We will aggressively pursue other options," he adds. Under the proposal, the stadium would have been built on seven to eight acres of city-owned land behind the Troy Marriott, near the Troy Community Center. The deal would have meant the company would manage the stadium, but the city would have owned it, along with the land it sits on.
General Sports officials first pitched the idea in October and wanted a decision by the end of 2004 so the first pitch could have been thrown in 2006. But while the stadium has been touted by some as a great family activity, residents were concerned about noise, traffic and parking.
General Sports would have paid the stadium's construction costs and had asked the Troy Downtown Development Authority to consider paying for infrastructure needs.
Last year, by an almost 4-1 margin, city voters rejected a ballot proposal that would have allowed for the building of a convention center on the same piece of property. The idea for a minor league baseball stadium and team has been floated in several suburban Detroit communities, perhaps most notably in Mount Clemens, over the past several years, but none have won city council approval.
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