Parkview Health Steps Up to the Plate

The City of Fort Wayne, Parkview Health and Hardball Capital today announced that Parkview has agreed to become the signature partner for the new downtown Harrison Square development. Parkview has agreed to make an annual commitment of $300,000 per year ($150,000 of which will be contributed directly to the City’s Capital Maintenance and Improvement Fund) for at least the next ten years. The new downtown ballpark will be known as Parkview Field.

Parkview’s investment in the Harrison Square project will total $3 million over the 10 year initial term. Half of that investment will go directly into the City of Fort Wayne’s Capital Maintenance and Improvement Fund, which will assure that Parkview Field remains a first-class facility and an asset to downtown Fort Wayne and the surrounding community.

In addition to the ballpark being named “Parkview Field,” Parkview Health will receive a seat on the Board of Advisors that oversees both Parkview Field and the employment of the Capital Maintenance and Improvement Fund.

Parkview and the soon-to-be-renamed Fort Wayne Wizards will also be collaborating on numerous health-related initiatives at Parkview Field. Later this fall the logo for Parkview Field will be unveiled to the community. Parkview Health will also be designated as the ballclub’s “Official Hospital Partner.”

The first official game at Parkview Field will be April 16, 2009 at 7 p.m. Parkview Field has also been awarded the 2010 Midwest League All-Star Game.

More information on Parkview Health can be found here. More information on the Harrison Square project can be found by clicking here.