Regina Red Sox-commissioned study urges P3 model for potential new stadium in The Yards

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 26, 2025 7:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

A survey commissioned by the Western Canadian Baseball League's Regina Red Sox endorses a program to build a new baseball stadium utilizing a private-public concern (P3), arsenic projected by influential businessman and soon-to-be-team-owner Shaun Semple.

P3s are partnerships betwixt authorities and backstage concern to physique nationalist infrastructure.

The feasibility study, carried retired by DCG Philanthropic and partially financed by the City of Regina, recommends the caller stadium beryllium constructed astatine The Yards, a portion of onshore located downtown betwixt Casino Regina and Dewdney Avenue.

The projected installation would beryllium built successful phases, with the field, seating and indispensable infrastructure coming archetypal and costing $15 million. Future phases — expanding the installation to see enhanced training areas, concessions and assemblage gathering spaces — would rise the full outgo to $30 million. 

The study says a P3 would provide benefits specified arsenic a simplification successful nonstop costs for the City of Regina, a sped-up timeline for operation and nary payer burden.It besides says a accepted fundraising run could contribute $4 cardinal to $8 cardinal to the effort.

Stakeholders interviewed arsenic portion of the survey spoke astir the imaginable to alteration the Railyards area.

"It is viewed arsenic a imaginable catalyst for downtown revitalization, younker retention, tourism growth, and civic pride," the survey concludes.

Mayor Chad Bachynski spoke with CBC's The Morning Edition about the connection connected Thursday.

He agreed that the task could perchance beryllium a game-changer for the Warehouse territory on Dewdney Avenue, but said helium needs much details. 

"From my perspective, I privation to marque definite that the metropolis is doing its portion to make definite that we recognize who each is funny successful antithetic areas successful the city that would bring much vibrancy and opportunity," helium said. 

Bachynski stressed that helium views halfway infrastructure arsenic the precedence for the city.

He said that portion backstage backing tin beryllium a bully thing, the metropolis indispensable cautiously measurement each of the consequences — specified arsenic imaginable operating costs —  earlier moving forward. 

"If someone's consenting to invest, we privation to perceive that. We privation to marque definite we're seeing if determination is a anticipation to adhd different vibrant attraction to the city," Bachynski said.

The Regina Red Sox presently play astatine Currie Field, a stadium that is much than 60 years aged and successful request of repairs.

The merchantability of the Red Sox to the Queen City Sports and Entertainment Group was approved by the Western Canadian Baseball League this week.

The group, which is fronted by Semple, besides owns the section WHL hockey team the Regina Pats.

Queen City Sports and Entertainment Group volition instrumentality 100 per cent ownership of the Regina Red Sox connected Oct. 1, 2025, astatine the extremity of the existent season, and crook it into a private, for-profit business.