It's been far too long for Capital City Baseball Stadium to be left to deteriorate. This historic stadium, located in the historic Mill village of Olympia, is seen by thousands of people every day. It is both an eyesore and an embarrassment for visitors to our city. I have been patiently waiting for action from both a developer and the city, but enough is enough.
While Lexington County boasts numerous regulation baseball fields, Richland County and the city lack even one playable regulation field for our community. That's right—none! Our Richland American Legion team, which includes 100 kids from the downtown community, relies on the generosity of AC Flora & Ben Lippen to provide us baseball fields.
Capital City Stadium has the potential to host Legion Baseball, college teams, college summer teams, travel ball, outdoor concerts, and community events. I am eager to organize an effort to restore Capital City Stadium and would welcome any ideas on how to make this vision a reality. If nothing is going to be done on the site let's bring Capital City Stadium back to life for the Community & the boys of summer.
BB: We're 10 minutes away from a whirlwind day for Newberry Baseball...2 games in 2 states in 7 hours! Lineup vs. Lincoln (Pa.)
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