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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The developers — or people who say they’re developers — have come and gone with their plans to redevelop Cashman Field in downtown Las Vegas through the years.
But this time, this one looks like it’s going to stick.
The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to move Lennar Homes’ redevelopment proposal along at the 50-acre site off Las Vegas Boulevard by allowing the civic/public use to be changed to high-density residential housing. Lennar proposes 781 homes on the Cashman site and another 290 units across the road at the state Sawyer building. And the council’s action gives Lennar four years to take action.
The city of Las Vegas sold the site to the national homebuilder for $36 million last year after developers have floated several land proposals through the years.
Cashman Field is home to the minor league Las Vegas Lights soccer team. It’s the former stadium of the Las Vegas 51s minor league baseball team, which moved to Summerlin to build a $150 million stadium thanks to an $80 million naming rights deal that came via the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA).
The Lights, owned by a group helmed by former Major League Baseball star Jose Bautista, will play at Cashman in 2026 but then will eventually need a new venue.
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