NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Music City Baseball is teaming with a property company in hopes of buying land that one day could serve as the home of a Major League Baseball team.
The deal between Music City Baseball and Lincoln Property Co. announced Tuesday is designed to secure land for a mixed-use development that could include an MLB-ready stadium.
Music City Baseball is an organization of business and community leaders in Nashville that is seeking to bring the majors to Tennessee. The group already has picked a nickname, “Stars,” a nod to a Negro League team that played in Nashville in the 1940s and 50s.
The group could have some time to find a location.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has said MLB won’t explore expansion until securing new ballparks for the Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays.
The A’s plan to move to a new park in Las Vegas in 2028, but construction has not started, and they will spend at least three seasons playing home games at a minor league stadium in Sacremento.
Tampa Bay withdrew this month from a $1.3 billion stadium plan in St. Petersburg, citing a hurricane and delays that likely drove up the proposal’s cost, and will play home games this season at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, the New York Yankees’ spring training home.
