{"id":808588,"date":"2026-09-19T00:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T00:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/808588\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T00:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T00:33:18","slug":"pre-application-documents-submitted-for-proposed-medford-baseball-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/808588\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-application documents submitted for proposed Medford baseball stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n September 18, 2026 at 5:25 pm\n <\/p>\n

MEDFORD, Ore. \u2013 Progress continues on the proposal to bring a new baseball stadium to Medford, and the project team is completing pre-application reviews for two different locations. The Medford City Council authorized the study<\/a> in June to examine the possibility of building the stadium.<\/p>\n

The project team is evaluating the first location, Hawthorne Park, to develop a 10% conceptual design and construction cost estimate. The team is also reviewing a secondary location, Harry and David Field, to study the cost of modifying the existing site to meet professional baseball requirements. The pre-application for Harry and David Field was filed on September 16.<\/p>\n

\"aA pre-application planning sketch for Harry & David Field. Courtesy: City of Medford.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city has not yet approved a stadium at either location, or decided whether there will be a stadium at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pre-app process is really a fact-finding mission- there\u2019s no approvals coming from this, there\u2019s no final decisions coming from this, this is just a process to collect more information to help us study these proposals,\u201d said Medford interim City Manager John Vial.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The study is expected to be completed later this fall. Findings and a staff recommendation will then be presented to the City Council for review and further direction.<\/p>\n

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