Baseball is an American Pastime. Baseball Fields Require Acres of Land.

Americans love their baseball. Hartford, CT loves baseball and wants to build a new minor league stadium. The city knows where they want the new stadium, but the people who own that land disagree.

The city and landowners couldn’t reach an agreement to sell the land to the city. Naturally, the city is opting for eminent domain.

The city proposes to take 14 pieces of private property for a total of $1.98 million. The city will then turn the land over to a developer for a $350M baseball stadium project. [WNPR]