Portland Diamond's project releases the renderings of southern water front

The MLB team had to snap the new stadium for Portland

Portland, Ore. (Koin) – Five months after the city of Portland voted to bring their support for a major League baseball team to the city, the leader takes the vision of a new stadium along the southern water round to the heads of state and government in Salem.

This version of the stadium lays the baseball stadium at the current location of Zidell Yards. Renderings published on Monday the proximity of the stadium shows the Willamette River.

The mayor of Portland, Keith Wilson, was in Salem on Monday. The goal of the Portland Diamond Project is to visit a legislative proposal adopted by the Oregon Senate. You want it to be updated to better reflect the income from the players of the players.

Andrew Hoan with the Metro Chamber of Portland informed the committee that a new stadium would “ignite a boom in Oregon's living room … which will be felt for many years and indeed generations. It is time to think about a completely different course. This is not a little ball. This is a big league swing for the fences and I think it's time to score this goal. “

In a statement, Craig Cheek, President of Portland Diamond project, thanked the House Committee for economic development, small businesses and trade for the hearing of her field.

“We believe that the support of the state for the success of this project is of crucial importance. We asked the legislators to rethink SB5, which was originally adopted in 2003 and update the law, to better reflect the current income that was achieved by player salaries and the increasing costs for the construction of a world-class stadium in the city center of Portland, ”said Cheek. “This would not be a new tax for Oregonians. We look forward to working with the legislator to make Oregon better with baseball. “

The Major League's costs of a baseball team in Portland are estimated at at least 150 million US dollars – without the stadium. Officials hope to build the baseball stadium in 2027.

The Portland Diamond project is expected to hold a press conference soon to talk about the details of the plan.