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Thursday, August 09, 2007

But will they offer eyelid-breathing lessons?

From Kevin's Bull City Rising, regarding the plans for a Minor League Baseball training complex and museum at the old DAP:
One of the other interesting elements to this plan lies in Minor League Baseball's stated annual programs for the site and neighboring facilities (available for download off the City Council agenda web site.) The list -- which seems to presuppose the creation of the national Minor League Baseball Museum, though my understanding has been that that remains conceptual -- includes:

* An annual MiLB promotional seminar, currently held in multiple cities, would move permanently to Durham, bringing representatives of 160 teams, exhibitors, and sponsors.
* MiLB-run academies for interns (seeking to break into the sport on the business side), groundskeepers, and broadcasters (possibly in partnership with Capitol Broadcasting).
* Quarterly "Business of Baseball" workshops
* Three annual Umpire Schools bringing as many as 200 prospective MiLB umpires to the Bull City
* The official headquarters of the MiLB Alumni Association would move to Durham (to be located in the Museum.)
* Four to six Minor League 'fantasy camps' per year, each bringing 40 campers to Durham

Altogether, the schedule of activities that Minor League has in mind is one of the things that, to me, make this a terrific deal for Durham. A steady stream of tourists and visitors bound for the DAP district -- at first for these camps and workshops, eventually to visit the museum -- means more traffic for the Marriott and the new boutique hotel, more patrons at local restaurants and shops. We're adding more and more things to do downtown; renovating the DAP and partnering with Minor League Baseball makes downtown Durham a destination for sports lovers.

Oh, and MiLB will (naturally) show the movie Bull Durham on a regular basis at the old park.

(emphasis added)

I'm thinking a Bull Durham themed fantasy camp ought to be a big hit with a certain demographic.

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