CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A baseball stadium that was a linchpin to the redevelopment of the Camden waterfront will sit mostly empty this season after the minor league team that played in it for 15 years folded, leaving the public on the hook for millions more of the cost to build it.
The independent Camden Riversharks stopped play when they couldn't reach a deal to stay at Campbell's Field after Camden County purchased it to save it from foreclosure last year.
County officials have been working since to bring a minor league team affiliated with Major League Baseball to Camden, but until they do, the county will be responsible for maintaining the $20 million, 6,400-seat stadium.