All the while, the Missions' name will stay in San Antonio.
With the Pacific Coast League team headed to San Antonio, the city's current Double-A Texas League team will shift to Amarillo.
Amarillo is expected to build a $45.5 million downtown stadium for the new team, which is yet to be named.
In what will be the biggest move of Minor League Baseball franchises in one year by one owner, the Elmore Sports Group today announced the move of San Antonio, Colorado Springs and Helena teams for the 2019 season.
The Helena Brewers will remain a member of the Pioneer Baseball League. "The Pioneer Baseball League schedule is a much better fit for this climate here, as the schedule begins in June and runs into early September, a time where fewer games will be impacted by weather and fans will be able to enjoy the ballgames throughout the summer months". "I am glad there will be two more seasons in Helena and I will cherish them". "We will continue to give our fans and sponsors a great value and experience", said Helena Brewers President and General Manager, Paul Fetz.
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"This is such a special time to be able to bring a professional minor league team into a city and to bring it here in Amarillo." added DG Elmore, the Managing Director of Elmore Sports Group. We have two major league clubs who own teams in our league in the Houston Astros in Corpus Christi and the St. Louis Cardinals in Springfield, Missouri.
This series of moves had been rumored since before the 2016 affiliation shuffle, but there were plenty of curveballs thrown in during the interim. Northwest Arkansas is the youngest Texas League franchise as it is in its 10th year.
The Wichita City Council approved a sales tax bond district in May that would fund about half the cost of either building a new baseball stadium or renovating Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
The Elmore's also announced they will relocate their rookie-level team from Helena, Montana to Colorado Springs. San Antonio won Texas League championships as a Padres affiliate in 2007, 2011 and 2013. That could leave the Brewers' Triple-A franchise to link up with Fresno while the Padres could end up as Amarillo's Double-A affiliate.
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