45 YEARS OF TEXAS TEAMWORK
Welcome to the first Home Plate Update. This is a newsletter dedicated to informing you about everything happening with the new Texas Rangers ballpark and Texas Live! development in Arlington’ s Entertainment District.
Last November, the residents of Arlington overwhelming approved an extension of the City’ s sales tax to cover half of the $ 1 billion Texas Rangers ballpark project. With that vote, Arlington made a commitment to our community’ s future for generations to come.
" As we move forward, it’ s important that everyone is informed about the new ballpark and the investment we’ re making in Arlington," City Marketing and Communications Manager Jay Warren said. " Think of the Home Plate Update as a regular progress report that informs about the project, celebrates milestones, highlights timelines and provides necessary transparency about the design / construction, contractors and financing."
The Home Plate Update is a joint project by the City of Arlington’ s Office of Communications and the Texas Rangers. We plan to publish a new edition every quarter from now until the new ballpark opens in 2020. Every edition will be produced in a digital format, allowing for layers of additional content like videos, graphics, links to websites and project documents, and other supporting materials.
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In addition to construction updates, you ' ll find regular features in every edition like:
• MWBE Spotlight: a profile of a minority-or women-owned business participating in the project;
• By the Numbers: fun, fast facts about the project like the number of seats and the weight of building products;
• Ask the Experts: an insightful conversation with the experts involved in the planning, design and construction of the ballpark;
• Dreams Come True: a look back at the Texas Rangers’ history in Arlington and milestone achievements with the club and community; and,
• Inside Texas Live!: a round-up of all the latest developments of this $ 250 million entertainment and hotel complex being built simultaneously with the new ballpark.