00:00 Sports Professor Rick Horowitz, another $1.3 trillion business in sports, with your Sports
00:07 News Minute.
00:08 Hadlock Field, home of the Portland Seadogs, the class AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox,
00:14 for the last 20 years.
00:16 Before that, in 1994, granted a franchise with the current name.
00:20 Miami Marlins affiliate, LeVon Hernandez, if you remember, was a star here as well as
00:26 the World Series in Miami.
00:28 But more important brings economic impact of $50-60 million, direct and indirect, tourism
00:34 impact during a main summer, especially important and relevant after COVID.
00:39 Bottom line is ballpark looking for a facelift like other minor league ballparks after Major
00:45 League Baseball to redefine the standards for minor league ball.
00:49 Most important is a public-private partnership could generate some support and understanding
00:55 the asset and treasure that is baseball in southeastern Maine.
01:01 Sports Professor Rick Horowitz, Sports News Minute.
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