Negotiations between the City of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Goldeyes over a lease deal for Shaw Park have moved into extra innings. The team, owned by former mayor Sam Katz, and the city have been trying to hammer out a lease agreement since 2015. The Goldeyes' league, the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, needs him to commit to another five-year term — and a lease agreement is part of that contract. In a brief submission, McRae-King told the councillors the team would have almost no revenue in 2020, having been clobbered by the COVID-19 health crisis. Katz says he doesn't know if there is time to pull together a lease deal and satisfy his league's requirements to sign on for more years.

Source: CBC News September 21, 2020 22:30 UTC