Set to open in June 2016, the new stadium for an independent baseball league in Utica will be called Jimmy John's Field.

News broke Tuesday that the sandwich shop had the naming rights for the stadium that the United Shore Professional Baseball League will play out of.

The three-team league will host players who didn't get picked up by minor league teams.

According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, the $12-million project will seat around 4,000 people. It'll have five penthouse suits, 12 patio suites and a grandstand.

The project is being led by Andrew Appleby, the founder of General Sports and Entertainment. The project is being aided by about $400,000 in federal brownfield redevelopment money, and the Utica Downtown Development Authority donated the land, valued at $600,000.

Otherwise, the sole investor of the project is Appleby, a former senior vice president of the Detroit Pistons.

There will be about 75 games played in the stadium each season.

Jimmy John's and United Shore have the official naming rights of the league and stadium.

 

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