Here's how Spartanburg landed a Minor League baseball team, downtown stadium project

Durham Bulls changed downtown. Can Smokies stadium change Knoxville? Durham Bulls Athletic Park transformed its city. As downtown Knoxville's baseb...

May 31, 2023
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Durham Bulls changed downtown. Can Smokies stadium change Knoxville? Durham Bulls Athletic Park transformed its city. As downtown Knoxville's baseball stadium moves ahead, what can Randy Boyd's Tennessee Smokies learn? Minor League Baseball is returning to downtown Spartanburg, and along with it, a $250 million project that will transform the West Main corridor. County 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.

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