There's No Place Like Home
BRIEFS
Ballpark Documents
Available Online
Want to dive deep into the
documents for the new Texas
Rangers ballpark project? The City of
Arlington’s Office of Communication
has posted all documents related
to the public-private partnership
between the City and the Rangers on
the Rangers New Ballpark website.
At the evening meeting of the Arlington City Council on June 27,
2017, Chuck Morgan, the voice of Globe Life Park in Arlington,
talked about his excitement for the new Rangers ballpark and
the team’s long-lasting relationship with the City of Arlington.
“What a place to call home,” Morgan said. Known by Rangers fans
across the state of Texas for his iconic voice as the public address
announcer, Morgan is also a 35-year Arlington resident. “Having
lived in Arlington, Texas, for that long, I know the importance of
having the Texas Rangers call Arlington home. It’s where Rangers
fans have been able to see some of baseball’s greatest moments.”
MWBE Fast Facts
The City of Arlington is working with the Texas Rangers and The
Cordish Companies to ensure the diversity of the workforce for
both the future ballpark and the Texas Live! development.
TEXAS LIVE!
29 Contracts awarded to minority and women-owned
businesses to date
$7,568,624.60 Total funds awarded to MWBE firms
GLOBE LIFE FIELD
8 total number of MWBE contracts awarded
$2,196,770.00 Value of MWBE contracts awarded
Source: dlb Consultants
On the site, you can read staff reports,
economic impacts studies and
numerous agreements that have
been signed since 2016, including the
non-relocation agreement that keeps
the Texas Rangers playing baseball in
The American Dream City through at
least 2054.
Modifications to Johnson
Creek Mitigation Area
Approved by Corps
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
has approved the City of Arlington’s
request to make changes along
Johnson Creek to accommodate
construction of the Texas Live!
entertainment complex and the new
Texas Rangers ballpark.
The Corps of Engineers originally
approved the City of Arlington’s
restoration and enhancement
activities along Johnson Creek, which
runs through the Entertainment
District, in 2008. The City requested
a modification to its permit this May
because building the ballpark and
Texas Live! will require encroaching
on the creek’s mitigation area. The
proposed modifications, which
include expanding a parking lot to
make up for spaces lost to the new
ballpark, will not directly impact
Johnson Creek.
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