The Ministry of Public Works announced the start of the building of a new press box at the Quisqueya Ball Park. The renovation comes after a fire destroyed the “seventh floor” area on 27 December 2017.
The Ministry said the project would be completed by September 2018, in time for the start of the 2018-2019 Winter Professional Baseball Championship that starts in the second half of October. The new press box will feature a museum covering the most important baseball chroniclers.
Engineer Ramón Pepín, in charge of the project for the Ministry of Public Works, says they have worked closely with the Dominican Baseball League and have visited several stadiums prior to drafting the works to be built.
The Ministry announced the project will cost RD$117 million. Hoy news editor, Hugo López Morrobel, observes that initially, the Ministry had estimated the reconstruction would cost around RD$44 million and asks out loud if this was a missed estimate or is the new estimate overpriced.
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El Dia
16 April 2018
