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Vancouver selects preferred partner for MLB expansion bid
['The Canadian Press']
Send this page to someone via emailThe City of Vancouver has selected a group led by Vancouver real estate developer Zack Ross as its preferred partner to pursue a Major League Baseball expansion franchise.
Ross, president of Vancouver real estate developer Cape Group, leads The Show Vancouver, a group formed to bring an MLB team to the city.
Ross said in a statement that Vancouver “is one of the great cities in the world, and we deserve a Major League Baseball team.”
BC Place Stadium hosted several Major League Baseball exhibition series between 1984 and 1994, featuring the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners and Montreal Expos.
Vancouver is currently home to the Vancouver Canadians, the Blue Jays’ single-A affiliate, which plays at the 6,500-seat Nat Bailey Stadium.