Now the Sound Tigers are ready to compromise with the City on a deal to stay at the Webster Bank Arena. Something that flies in the face of the no-competition clause in the Sound Tigers contract with the city. It seems that the city and it’s Mayor Joe Ganim are keen to redevelop the now unused baseball park and turn it into a warm-weather concert amphitheater. "Approve the deal with Saffan - who was the Tigers’ president until 2015 - and the team will terminate its contract “rendering the arena vacant” and seek monetary damages based on “the remaining 14 years (with extension) of the operating agreement.”" A baseball park.Īccording to ’s Brian Lockhart, it seems that New York Islanders Owner John Ledecky had his vice-president Jay Itzkowitz sent an ultimatum to the City of Bridgeport.
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The former home of the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.Īnd that’s the center of the fight between the Sound Tigers and the City of Bridgeport. but next to Webster Bank Arena is the now vacant Stadium at harbor Yard. Bridgeport PoliticsĬurrently they operate the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. The New York Islanders AHL affiliate, Bridgeport Sound Tigers are having to deal with town hall politics. We’re all well aware of the issue that the Islanders are having with the Barclays center. Now two-thirds of the teams under the Islanders umbrella are having problems with their home barn. Troubles that may seem them terminate their lease early.Īrena drama isn’t limited to simply the New York Islanders. (Photo by Dave Pelland/CTMonuments.The New York Islanders affiliate are going through some beurocratic issues, not of their own doing, with the city of Bridgeport. Paul Conan Jr., great, great grandson of James. Major Donors: O'Keefe Controls Company, Conan Family. Principal Donor: Steelpointe Harbor and the Christoph Family. Sculptor: Susan Clinard, Clinard Sculpture Studio. Inscribed on plinth, side 4: Dedicated on this 27th day of August, 2010 by Mayor Bill Finch. They want baseball and I intend to give it to them." Inscribed on plinth, side 3: "We have been given the best of support by the people of Bridgeport. Inscribed on plinth, side 2: "Baseball is for all creeds and nationalities." O'Rourke was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. His brother and son also played major league baseball. He played in his final professional game in New Haven at age 62. At age 54, Jim caught a complete game for the New York Giants. In 1898, Jim built a minor league stadium, Newfield Park, on his family's farmland in the city's East End the site is still in use as a city park. He owned, managed and played catcher for several local teams, and hired Harry Herbert, Bridgeport's first African-American resident to play professional baseball. In 1895, Jim helped to organise the Connecticut State League. Noted for his command of language, Jim used his eloquence to entertain teammates and confound opponents. He played for eight different major league teams during 23 seasons while a player for the New York Giants, the team paid for Jim to attend Yale Law School, from which he recieved his law degree in 1887. The Bridgeport native had the first base hit in National League history on April 22, 1876. "Orator Jim" O'Rourke, son of Irish immigrants, was a professional baseball player, scholar, and civil rights activist. Inscribed on plinth, side 1: James Henry O'Rourke. Location: Bridgeport Bluefish, Harbor Yard Arena, Bridgeport, CT The Sporting Statues Project: Jim O’ Rourke: Bridgeport Bluefish, Harbor Yard Arena, Bridgeport, CT
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