boisebengal
Active member
I'm very happy for the ISU softball team right now, as they're currently sporting an 8-13 overall record -- which is one more win than they had for all of last season. And there's many games that still remain to be played. What a great recruiting tool it will be when Miller Ranch Stadium finally gets built, but you wonder how long it will be before Sylvia Papenberg's property in Island Park finally gets sold, which would help pay for the facility. I'm thinking that property values all over are probably not very high right now, when you look at how lousy the economy is. And also, I understand that the football practice field and the softball stadium would have to be built at the same time, so we may have to wait until we get some more money raised before we can build the two facilities -- as Papenberg's gift may only cover about $1.2 million or so of the money that would be needed. And both facilities may cost about a million or so each.
There's some additional naming opportunities for those that have the financial wherewithal to contribute to Miller Ranch, as a new press box will be needed for a cost of $200,000, a new scoreboard will be needed for $100,000, and two dugouts will be needed at a price of $75,000 each.
There's some additional naming opportunities for those that have the financial wherewithal to contribute to Miller Ranch, as a new press box will be needed for a cost of $200,000, a new scoreboard will be needed for $100,000, and two dugouts will be needed at a price of $75,000 each.
