CLEVELAND — The Guardians staged the biggest comeback in baseball history and now lead the American League Central, even with their loss Thursday night.
The comeback has coincided with discussions about potential upgrades at Progressive Field. Over the last two years, the ballpark underwent an over $200 million renovation to revamp the Terrace District and add new food options.
Ian Meadows, Social Media and Project Manager for Downtown Cleveland, Inc., said the investments in downtown have benefited the community.
“Progressive Field and the Guardians, you know, are really investing in the sports and entertainment and the recreation that happen here,” Meadows said. “Really, it just highlights the downtown as the destination, the place to be for everything going on, enhances the visitor experience and makes people more excited to come downtown.”
Progressive Field’s renovations might be continuing. On Thursday, Cleveland gave conceptual approval for a project that would update the Right Field Marketplace, Fat Head’s and the beer tunnel.
Conceptual approval is an informal process that provides design feedback to help identify issues before moving into the formal entitlement process.
It’s unclear how much the proposed renovation would cost and if it will actually come to fruition. The Guardians declined to comment.
Downtown Cleveland Inc. said the investment would benefit more than just baseball fans.
“This is the hub for the entire region, for jobs, for residences, just for the whole visitor experience,” Meadows said. “And it’s really incredible, to get, you know, the billions of dollars of investment that are underway right now, between the riverfront, the lakefront, all the main corridors here in the main commercial district.”
Siobhan Harms
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