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Regina Red Sox to hold open house for proposed baseball stadium on Wednesday

The stadium would seat about 3,500 people and cost $20 million to $25 million, the concept plan says.

The stadium would seat about 3,500 people and cost $20 million to $25 million, the concept plan says

The Regina Red Sox say a new stadium is overdue. (Submitted by Regina Red Sox Baseball Club)

The Regina Red Sox, and Living Sky Sports and Entertainment, areset to hold an open houseWednesday for their proposed baseball stadium on Dewdney Avenue.

From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CST, the club will provide the public with information at Leibel Field, located at200 Assiniboine Avenue E.

In April, the club and company released concept plans for the proposed stadium, which would be located on the vacant railyards site on Dewdney and seat about 3,500.

The club expects the project to costabout $20 million to $25 million. The club would put in about $5 million and the rest would have to come from the city or other funds the city could access, said Alan Simpson, the president of Living Sky Sports.

The city purchased the former Canadian Pacific Railyard lands in 2012 and recently hired a consultant to look at the land.

In April, the clubsaid the stadiumwould be state-of-the-art, with the Red Sox as the anchor tenant. It said the stadium could be used by other baseball teams and leagues, and for festivals, concerts, flea markets and movie nights.

The club said it has signed a memorandum of understandingwith Living Sky Sports and Entertainment Inc., which will help with the financial aspects of the stadium's concept plans.

A generated image of a baseball stadium with cars parked out front. A sign on the front of the stadium says
The proposed stadium would be in the railyards area along Dewdney Avenue in the Warehouse District. (Submitted by Regina Red Sox Baseball Club)