The Chicago White Sox are the latest team to threaten to move to Nashville over ballpark issues.
The Chicago White Sox’s lease with Guaranteed Rate Field is set to run out in six years, but the team has already started discussing what comes next.
Well, the the team has three options, they could either extend their lease at their current home, which they’ve played in since 1991, or could look for a new ballpark, or could reportedly relocate to Nashville, Tenn., which is always on the short list of cities to get a Major league team.
According to a Crain’s Chicago Business report, the Sox are considering a move from the place they’ve called home since 1991 when the team’s lease expires six seasons from now.
No decision is imminent, according to the report, which lists a new stadium in the city or suburbs and relocating to Nashville, Tenn., among the possibilities.
The article also details that Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf might look to sell the Sox.
The fans of Major League Baseball teams have seen this before: When teams want a new ballpark, they avoid paying for it themselves and threaten to move if the taxpayers don’t pay up.
However, that doesn’t mean it’s not a legitimate threat, but it is a play number one from the playbook, and the Milwaukee Brewers were the most recent team to have used this tactic.
It’s virtually impossible to envision the White Sox leaving Chicago, a place they have played since 1901.
Meanwhile, the White Sox are in the middle of a terrible season overall currently sitting at 49-76, they are in fourth place in the American League Central.
