Batter up: Major League Cricket stadium planned for Santa Clara Co. fairgrounds

by Nick Preciado, San Jose Spotlight January 24, 2022January 25, 2022

The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds is seen on March 31, 2020, as officials work to make a temporary homeless shelter on the site during the COVID-19 outbreak. The fairgrounds could be in line to receive a professional cricket stadium. (File photo by The 111th Group aerial photography via San Jose Spotlight)

Santa Clara County is moving forward with plans to build a cricket stadium at the county fairgrounds.

The county and Major League Cricket (MLC) announced an exclusive negotiating agreement Wednesday, Jan. 19, to move forward with lease negotiations and design approvals for a 15,000-person stadium planned to sit on 14-acres of the fairgrounds. A statement from the county says the region and its demographics make the fairgrounds the perfect spot for the stadium.

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