DODGERS SIGN 20-YEAR DEAL WITH VERO BEACH.Byline: - Brian Dohn The Dodgers have signed a deal with Vero Beach Vero Beach (vēr`o), city (1990 pop. 17,350), seat of Indian River co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon and part of the Intracoastal Waterway); founded c.1888, inc. 1919. , Fla., and Indian River Indian River, lagoon, c.100 mi (160 km) long, E Fla., parallel to the east coast from N of Titusville to Stuart. Along the lagoon a variety of citrus and vegetable products are grown and transported by small boats to towns on its waterway and those further inland. County (Fla.) to keep their spring-training home at Dodgertown for the next 20 years, a team official said. The agreement, which was expected, is contingent on Adj. 1. contingent on - determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on, contingent the local municipalities securing state funding. That's not expected to be a problem. Vero Beach and Indian River County must file their application for funding, which could reach $7.5 million, by Oct. 1. An answer is expected by the New Year. The total financial package put together by the local government is $20.5 million. As part of the agreement, which stems from the ``memorandum of understanding'' all sides voted on during the summer, the Dodgers will sell the complex to the local municipalities and lease it back for $1 a year, a source said. Part of the complex was be renovated for baseball and baseball operations, and a local developer will build a ``town-plex'' on the remaining acreage. The Dodgers have trained at Dodgertown since 1948, but in the past two years they have been courted by an Indian tribe INDIAN TRIBE. A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States. 2. Such a tribe, situated within the boundaries of a state, and exercising the powers of government and, sovereignty, under the national in Arizona and by officials looking to bring exhibition baseball to Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . |
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