

The stadium is part of a $250 million development project that will also include multifamily housing units, office space and entertainment options. Hotel in downtown Spartanburg to be home of the Wood Ducks team, which will presumably be renamed. Both teams will remain affiliates of the Texas Rangers under the ownership of DBH.Ĭoncurrently, it was announced that a new 3,500-seat stadium will be built on a 16-acre mixed-use site next to the A.C.
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The purchase was approved by MLB Professional Development Leagues, according to the Texas Rangers organization. What paved the way for Spartanburg to get the Kinston-based baseball team was Major League Baseball approval of the Texas Rangers sale of the "High A" Hickory (NC) Crawdads and the "Low A" Down East (NC) Wood Ducks to Diamond Baseball Holdings. The announced was made Tuesday, and the team currently known as the Down East Wood Ducks should be hitting home runs in downtown Spartanburg’s Grain District in the summer of 2025. Minor League Baseball is returning to downtown Spartanburg, and along with it, a $250 million project that will transform the West Main corridor.Ĭounty Councilman David Britt said the project is the biggest development project to happen to Spartanburg since BMW's 1992 announcement that its North American manufacturing plant would be built in Greer. Watch Video: Durham Bulls changed downtown.
