Ottawa Stadium lease up for bids as city tries to lure double-A team to town

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The lease to the city’s minor-league baseball stadium is going up for bids now that city council has approved a plan that it hopes will lead to a double-A team taking it over. The Ottawa Stadium on Coventry Road was built by the city for the triple-A Ottawa Lynx in 1993, but it’s been used for much lower-level ball since that team left town before the 2008 season. But now the city’s been in negotiations with Beacon Sports Capital Partners, an American financing firm, that represents an ownership group that wants to move an existing double-A team to the city. Such a team, two notches below the major leagues, would feature young players being groomed for the majors.

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