WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WRN) — As a part of his biennial budget to be announced Wednesday, Governor Evers proposes putting a chunk of it toward keeping up the Milwaukee Brewers’ home stadium.
Evers says Tuesday he would ask for a one-time cash payment of $290 million to the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, which owns and leases American Family Field to the Brewers, to fund maintenance, repairs, and improvements to the stadium.
The proposal would also require the Brewers to chip in on the improvements, sign a non-relocation agreement, and extend the team’s lease to the ballpark to the year 2043.
The Brewers recently pointed out that the district didn’t have the money to fund needed upgrades specified in their lease. If the ballpark district can’t fulfill the lease obligations, the Brewers could leave Milwaukee.
