BALLPARK IN MALDEN ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY
![Developers planning to build a $50 million baseball park on an old National Grid gas plant site in Malden will pay about $20 million over the course of a 40-year lease with the utility provider.
Pictured (left to right): Malden Mayor Gary Christenson; Alex Bok of Boston Baseball Field of Dreams; State Rep. Paul Donato; National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed; Attorney General Martha Coakley; and US Representative Ed Markey sign baseball bats during a press conference to announce an agreement to build a minor league ballpark on a former National Grid site in downtown Malden.]()
Developers planning to build a $50 million baseball park on an old National Grid gas plant site in Malden will pay about $20 million over the course of a 40-year lease with the utility provider.
Pictured (left to right): Malden Mayor Gary Christenson; Alex Bok of Boston Baseball Field of Dreams; State Rep. Paul Donato; National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed; Attorney General Martha Coakley; and US Representative Ed Markey sign baseball bats during a press conference to announce an agreement to build a minor league ballpark on a former National Grid site in downtown Malden.
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![Malden Mayor Gary Christenson (pictured), US Representative Ed Markey, Attorney General Martha Coakley, and Massachusetts National Grid president Marcy Reed celebrated the agreement at Malden Government Center Dec. 17 by signing Louisville Slugger bats.]()
Malden Mayor Gary Christenson (pictured), US Representative Ed Markey, Attorney General Martha Coakley, and Massachusetts National Grid president Marcy Reed celebrated the agreement at Malden Government Center Dec. 17 by signing Louisville Slugger bats.
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!["This is the best day for Malden in my 36 years of being a congressman for this city," Markey (pictured) said Monday. "This is a moment that is going to be the transformation of this city."]()
"This is the best day for Malden in my 36 years of being a congressman for this city," Markey (pictured) said Monday. "This is a moment that is going to be the transformation of this city."
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![Development Group Boston Baseball Field of Dreams LLC, led by lawyer Alexander Bok, plans to build a 6,372-seat park at 100 Commercial St. to host a team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Pictured: Malden Mayor Gary Christenson speaks during a press conference to announce the agreement. Behind him are (left to right) Malden Redevelopment Authority executive Director Stephen Wishoski, National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Congressman Ed Markey, and Alex Bok of Boston Baseball Field of Dreams.]()
Development Group Boston Baseball Field of Dreams LLC, led by lawyer Alexander Bok, plans to build a 6,372-seat park at 100 Commercial St. to host a team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Pictured: Malden Mayor Gary Christenson speaks during a press conference to announce the agreement. Behind him are (left to right) Malden Redevelopment Authority executive Director Stephen Wishoski, National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Congressman Ed Markey, and Alex Bok of Boston Baseball Field of Dreams.
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![The group is eyeing a grand opening in 2015, but obstacles remain before that can happen. The site, which has been a gas plant since the 19th century, contains contaminents and requires environmental remediation.
Pictured: National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed speaks at the press conference.]()
The group is eyeing a grand opening in 2015, but obstacles remain before that can happen. The site, which has been a gas plant since the 19th century, contains contaminents and requires environmental remediation.
Pictured: National Grid Massachusetts President Marcy Reed speaks at the press conference.
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!["I believe this project has the potential to not only revitalize this site but serve as an economic catalyst for the entire downtown," Mayor Gary Christenson (pictured) said.]()
"I believe this project has the potential to not only revitalize this site but serve as an economic catalyst for the entire downtown," Mayor Gary Christenson (pictured) said.
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![In addition to hosting about 70 games per year, the park also would host concerts and perhaps graduations.
Pictured: Alex Bok, President of Boston Baseball Field of Dreams]()
In addition to hosting about 70 games per year, the park also would host concerts and perhaps graduations.
Pictured: Alex Bok, President of Boston Baseball Field of Dreams
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![The park — located in close proximity to the Malden Center Station on the MBTA Orange Line — is expected to produce about 125 part-time jobs during the six-month season, along with about 25 permanent, full-time positions.
Pictured: Attorney General Martha Coakley]()
The park — located in close proximity to the Malden Center Station on the MBTA Orange Line — is expected to produce about 125 part-time jobs during the six-month season, along with about 25 permanent, full-time positions.
Pictured: Attorney General Martha Coakley
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