GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – It’s not just the City of Green Bay that could feel the effects of losing the Bullfrogs.
Green Bay’s school district is also hurt by the baseball team pulling out of the Shipyard project in favor of a move to Ashwaubenon.
Co-Curricular Programing Administrator Tim Flood says West High School’s football and soccer teams were going to utilize the planned field.
Now, the district needs to get back to fundraising for turf fields at both West and Preble.
“Not where we want to be with Preble. Right now, we have a little over $50,000 raised.”
Flood says the Preble project’s cost is around $900,000, with West’s price tag also in the hundreds of thousands.
“Raising that amount of money is a tremendous challenge.”
He explains the current difficulties with West’s soccer program.
“It’s a grass field. We can still play there, but you can’t host soccer in the fall, because it’s not a soccer only facility or does not have turf.”
Click here to read about the Village of Ashwaubenon’s reaction to the Bullfrogs’ announcement or here to learn more about how it affects the City of Green Bay.
