Greater Nashua
STAYING POWER: City, Silver Knights long-term deal approved
NASHUA – The Nashua Silver Knights have begun their 16th Futures Collegiate Baseball League season this week. Anyone up for 15 more? The city and Historic Holman Stadium's longest running franchise tenant took a big step toward that end as the Board of Aldermen earlier this week unanimously approved a new 15-year lease agreement between the Knights and the city. The current deal was set to expire, and negotiations had been ongoing through the winter. The lease, according to Silver Knights owner John Creedon, Jr., calls for a 10 percent rent increase and is broken up into three renewable five-year increments. The rent is tied into the number of games that are played each season, Creedon said. “It cements the future of the team at Holman Stadium, beyond the foreseeable future here,” Creedon said. “It nicely puts us at the mid-point of a 30-year stretch. The team has been ...
