LELAND, NC (WWAY) — With Brunswick County pulling out the proposed Leland baseball crew, questions have been looming on whether or not your entire deal is off.

With the city of Leland saying they’re nonetheless dedicated to bringing a baseball crew to city, REV Entertainment instructed WWAY the place issues stand with them.

President of REV Entertainment Sean Decker says they’re nonetheless .

“Yeah, we had always said publicly that we were willing to match up to 100 million dollars publicly on this project and nothing has changed for us, we’re still excited about the market, the region, and the opportunity.”

Emails from the Town of Leland present the projected preliminary value of constructing a stadium and making ready the location will attain practically $120 million {dollars}.

When requested about that funds, Decker mentioned issues can seemingly change.

“The conceptual budget that was up there was just that, it was conceptual. So, we had a part in that, the town had a part in some of that, the developer had a part in some of that. So, there’s a number of costs that go into it, the stadium is one. Obviously on a site like what we’re looking, infrastructure and things like that to get there are another piece. So, the way we look at it is there were a lot of guesses that frankly, have been changing a lot since that was published.”

REV Entertainment lately bought two of its minor league groups in North Carolina, which additionally questions the viability of making a crew in Leland from scratch.

Decker says these conditions have been totally different.

“Completely different set of circumstances with the teams that were sold than what we’re looking at in Leland so… The question, you know, ‘are you less committed to minor league baseball or professional baseball or anything’… absolutely not. In this case, fundamentally the deal is so different in terms of our investment around the property. We’ll be invested to be there for a very long time.”

Decker additionally added that the subsequent large step is discovering out the outcomes of the feasibility research from the Town of Leland.

Once that’s launched, we’ll actually know if Leland will play ball.

The Town of Leland mentioned it is not going to remark till the research is again.