MKE Sports & Entertainment Partners with University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee for Baseball Stadium
Published on December 29, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Rockford Aviators News Release
MKE Sports & Entertainment, who owns and operates the Milwaukee Wave, Rockford Aviators, Kokomo Jackrabbits, Jamestown Jammers, The Rock Sports Complex, and other entertainment entities is excited to announce it is partnering with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in an effort to build a multi-functional 4,000-seat outdoor baseball stadium in the City of Oak Creek by the year 2016.
"This is a huge piece of the puzzle for MKE Sports and the City of Oak Creek" said MKE Sports & Entertainment Owner Mike Zimmerman. "We are also looking forward to leveraging our partners made up of influential Milwaukee area businesses like Wheaton Franciscan Health Care's, Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Northwestern Mutual, Gruber Law Offices, Wisco Hotel Group and others for their continued support of our sports and entertainment vision. For this to work we need a strategic cohort of supporters and of course a forward-looking city. The fan base for baseball and stadium based entertainment is certainly there. Whatever city we end up finalizing terms with will see significant economic benefit."
"While Henry Aaron Field has been a long-time home of ours, and we appreciate the opportunity to use the facility, we are now in need of improved space for competition," said UW-Milwaukee Director of Athletics Amanda Braun. "It's difficult for a Midwest NCAA Division 1 program to compete in the recruiting game without a stadium. We are the only Division 1 baseball program in the state and have one of the country's best coaches in Scott Doffek and his staff. It's amazing what he has been able to do with so little and I look forward to the day he is able to have all of the recruiting tools other Division 1 programs have. We look forward to working with the City of Oak Creek and MKE Sports & Entertainment to bring this vision for a new stadium to life."
The yet to be named stadium would host the Milwaukee baseball team, a new independent minor league baseball team, along with outdoor entertainment and community events. The stadium will also be designed to accommodate professional outdoor soccer. It would seat four to five thousand, including Club / VIP seating, suites, grass seating, beer gardens, a kids zone and full synthetic playing surface.
The Milwaukee Panthers baseball program will continue to utilize Henry Aaron Field as a practice facility and get a synthetic surface upgrade, per the terms of the deal with MKE Sports & Entertainment. All games will be played at the new stadium.
Stay tuned for further developments and more information via MKESports.com or UWM.edu.
Frontier League Stories from December 29, 2014
- MKE Sports & Entertainment Partners with University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee for Baseball Stadium - Rockford Aviators
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