http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/print-edition/2013/04/26/2012s-top-deal-simon-brings-the.html?page=all
http://www.robinsmorton.com/projects/regions-field-baseball-stadium/
http://ballparkbiz.wordpress.com/tag/birmingham-barons/
http://www.chicagonow.com/white-sox-observer/2012/03/bham-barons-make-beeline-for-city-tax-dollars/
http://www.birminghamcomprehensiveplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Article-6-8.pdf

Naming rights details, annual lease payment:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/04/regions_baseball_stadium_spons_1.html

Debt service, revenue the city receives from ballpark use
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/04/logans.html
- Birmingham is paying $3.65 million a year over 30 years in annual debt service on the stadium bonds, according to a 2011 article in The Birmingham News. Bonds were funded by a 3.5-percent increase in the city's lodging tax.
- The city receives $2,500 per suite leased during the regular season (estimated at $65,000 per year); $1 per attendee in excess of 200,000 fans per year (estimated at $50,000 annually); and 10 percent of annual revenue from ticket sales of all Barons special events except UAB baseball games.

BBVA Compass and Citizens Trust Bank funding amounts:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/12/funding_for_birmingham_basebal.html

Public Athletic, Cultural and Entertainment Board exact bond details
http://www.informationbirmingham.com/pdf/finance/CAFR/cafr%202012%20FINAL.pdf
 (page 54)

Birmingham Agency Closes On Loans Over JeffCo Fears
http://www.bondbuyer.com/issues/120_246/birmingham-agency-closed-bank-loans-jeffco-1034545-1.html
"bank loans that were privately placed due to concern that the recent bankruptcy of Jefferson County would make it difficult to seek financing in the bond market"

The problem with the hoped for site of the Negro League Museum:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/08/post_669.html

Payment to end Hoover lease 3 years early:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/01/birmingham_barons_agreed_to_pa.html

Hoover Met facts:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/02/hoover_city_council_approves_6_1.html


TO USE
The signature feature of the ballpark is atually outside of it
Has a striking exterior highlighted by the

"The park comprises four city blocks and just south of Birmingham's Railroad Park."

TOPIC
Necessities to know
- dugouts, bullpens