Edmonton Prospects release renderings for new Spruce Grove ballpark

Prospects show off plans for new Spruce Grove home The team is leaving downtown Edmonton after losing its Re/Max Field lease.

EDMONTON — After failing to reach a new deal with the City of Edmonton for a new ballpark, the Edmonton Prospects have released plans for a new park in Spruce Grove.

Earlier this spring, the team announced it would be moving to Spruce Grove in 2022.

On Tuesday, Gold Sports and Entertainment Group released its vision for the “modern urban” ballpark.

"I think we’ve come up with something that’s pretty unique in spruce grove i am excited about it," said GSEG president Pat Cassidy.

It includes a new retail district and promenade, a micro-brewery pub with a dining lounge, an amphitheatre with music playing before games and condominiums.

“We are also committed to delivering a baseball experience for our fans like no other as we see this ballpark, in partnership with the Western Canadian Baseball League, on the cutting edge of some very exciting times,” said Cassidy.

The park is set to open in 2022.

The Prospects formerly played at Re/Max Field, which was leased to a group led by former Edmonton Oiler Randy Gregg earlier this year.

Gregg and Cassidy couldn't reach a deal to keep the Edmonton Prospects at the Rossdale-area ballpark. But Cassidy, says the door is still not entirely closed on working with Gregg's group.

"Our goal of two franchises in metro Edmonton ... never changed... we don’t know."

In November, Cassidy told CTV News he was eyeing what he called "a raw piece of property" that could potentially house a baseball stadium, fieldhouse and microbrewery.

"There’s an opportunity when you have a little more land to do something a little more grander than the ball park itself," he said in November.

“A second team in a market just down the road ... that has their own identity and wants to do their own thing, that makes sense.”

The Prospects announced in late May the team would not play a season this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.