The city leaders are just plain ignorant. Here's an opportunity to really have something no other city has...
a converted historical ball park that serves the community and can be used as a tourist destination.
Instead of building a ball field from a corn field and "They will come", we can have a baseball treasure that is a historical landmark that people all over the country already know about.
I'd say this project is a no-brainer but people with no brains are tearing it down.