HARTFORD – The city plans to build a $60 million stadium to lure the New Britain Rock Cats to Hartford, officials said Wednesday at a press conference attended by the team’s owner and some players.
The Eastern League affiliate of the Minnesota Twins has agreed to sign a 25-year lease with the city beginning in 2016 if Hartford builds a new baseball stadium. It would pay the city about $500,000 per year.
The plan would bring 600 full-time jobs to Hartford and 900 construction jobs related to the stadium job, said Mayor Pedro Segarra.