Proposed Cricket Field at
Baylands Park
Updated Proposal Summary
September 2022
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A Walk through of Proposal
● Summary of new Proposal
● Cricket In America
○ Brief context
○ Key stakeholders and their relationship
○ Youth and Women Cricket Growth in USA (a sneak peek)
● Baylands Park proposal
○ Executive Summary
○ What changed from last proposal
○ New layout of the proposed Sports field
○ New cost estimates
■ Investment distribution
○ Park Usage matrix
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Summary of New Proposal
Category Description
Objective
To build a very light weight Multi-use and Multi-sports field at Baylands Park for the community in Sunnyvale in partnership with Semi professional Cricket League and Team (MLC and Blazers). Upon successful execution of this park, Eastbay Blazers will be renamed as “Sunnyvale Blazers” Usage
● 90% of usage will be for community and 10% will be for the semi professional cricket league (MLC)with preferential reservation rights.
● Field will be primarily used for sports with 50% usage will be focussed on Cricket and rest will be other sports and events
Project Financing
● Estimated cost of building the park is ~1 M
● 25% of the cost of the project (maximum of $250,000) will be funded by the semi professional cricket League /Team (MLC/Blazers)
● 75% of the cost of the project shall be funded by city Ongoing Operations &
Maintenance
● Cricket pitch will be installed and maintained by MLC/Blazers in return for reservation and scheduling priority.
During Minor League MLC/Blazers will maintain the out field to help meet the requirements for cricket ● City operates the facility like any regular sports field but covering the pitch area when there is no cricket.
Reservation of the Field ● Priority reservation for cricket through MLC/Blazers ● All other field reservation through City field reservation process Stakeholders ● Sunnyvale City, Major League Cricket (MLC), Minor League Team - Blazers Environmental Aspects ● No major environmental impact, no net loss to trees (any removed trees will be replaced), no new constructions/physical structures
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Cricket in America !
Cricket being the world’s 2nd largest sport in popularity is peaking its reach in America over the last 2 to 3 years There is a huge amount of demand from the U.S.-based audience to consume the sport in person. U.S. is second only to India in terms of the number of fans who travel abroad to see cricket matches each year and is home to one of the top five media markets for the game in the world.
Growth of Cricket in US is increasing exponentially considering the fact that USA Cricket team has been recognized as 105th associate cricket playing country under the International Cricket Council (ICC) USA Cricket infrastrastructure in improving drastically with recent developments of new Stadium building in Dallas Texas and approval for building stadium in Santa Clara County.
Major League Cricket (MLC) has been instrumental in building a professional cricket structure for Twenty20 Cricket.
With Minor League Tournament organized in 2021 and 2022 successfully across the country, the traction has increased immensely.
Moosa Stadium in Houston joined the Broward County Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as the second ground with ODI status in the United States to be an international cricket venue. The ground played as host to all twelve One Day Internationals (Tri Nation series) in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 that was played in May 2022 Attachment 3
USA Cricket is the sole governing body for cricket in USA and is recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and United States Olympic Committee(USOC) USA Cricket is a nonprofit currently managed by a diverse Board of Directors with representation from most cricket stakeholder groups.
In 2019, USA Cricket selected American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) as its strategic partner to develop and fund US based professional T20 cricket league. Major League Cricket (aka ACE) is a New York based company dedicated to running a professional cricket competition within the United States, as well as developing and promoting the sport to raise its profile in North America Attachment 3
MLC & Blazers
Major League Cricket (MLC) a.k.a ACE is the First Professional Twenty20 Cricket League in USA.
MLC is exclusively sanctioned by USA Cricket to represent the most ambitions and transformational venture ever undertaken in the American cricket landscape. MLC will feature top players around the globe and provide a stage for domestic cricketers to showcase their talents to a global audience through this platform.
MLC organizes Minor League Cricket (MiLC) Tournament every year featuring 26 teams in major cities across the country, with high quality international talent playing alongside the best domestic players in the US.
Easy Bay Blazers (a.k.a Bay Blazers) is one among the 26 Minor League Teams under the MLC Structure. In 2021 and 2022 Bay Blazers came up as 3rd best team in the western conference out of 7 teams.
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Women’s Cricket is at all time high in USA, as team consistently performs at high level. 5 players are from Bay Area representing USA and performing at their best in all the tournaments. 3 players out of this had started their cricket from Sunnyvale and recently moved closer to other cities in Bay Area closer to some cricket fields.
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USA Cricket is creating a structure for Youth Cricket and its important the right infrastructure in place to have quality games in good field across bay area. Sunnyvale being epi center for cricket, where lots of budding youth cricketers blossomed over the years, it becomes important to build and provide such infrastructure and playing facilities locally.
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Executive Summary - Baylands Park proposal
● In February 2020, ACE/MLC proposed
a Cricket Stadium capable of hosting
international cricket events with:
○ ~4K Capacity, turf field, pavilion,
field lighting, increased car
parking, media center, pavilion
and other physical structures &
features with an estimated cost
of $4.8 million
● Sunnyvale City Council agreed to
proceed with the study based on the
above proposal
● In February 2022, MLC proposes a smaller
and more community oriented development
considering the various constraints and
environmental sensitivity of the site with:
○ Reduced crowd capacity of
approximately 500 with almost no
construction of physical structures
○ Build an open sports field with thin
grass outfield and a small grass
b
erm
● Estimated cost reduced from $4.8 million to
$1.0 million
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What changed in the latest proposal
Category February 2020 February 2022
Spectators/Audience Capacity 4000+ Approximately 500 in removable tents and chairs
Parking space needs 400+ No new parking spaces needed
Player amenities, viewing stand ~500 seating
capacity (permanent installation)
Yes No longer applicable. Pop-up tents and
seating on an as-needed basis
Grass embankment (berm) seating ~3,500 capacity Yes Smaller scale, pop-up tents on an as- needed basis
Media center, officials area construction Yes No longer applicable. Pop-up tents on an as-needed basis
Professional services (engineering/design etc.) Yes Relatively minor effort **Due to reduced seating capacity, the flexibility of embankment and the reduced size of the field, there is no longer an impact on the current play structures at Baylands Park Attachment 3
What Changed in the latest proposal (Continued)
Category Feb ‘20 Feb ‘22
Project Financing
Study costs of $150,000 by ACE/MLC &
$50,000 by the City
Development costs of $250,000 by MLC team (Blazers) & rest will be by the City; Blazers proposing that the Cricket Stadium related studies are no longer required
Private Partnership
Driver ACE / MLC MLC Minor League Team (East Bay / Sunnyvale Blazers) Field use cases
Multi-use, suitable for community events,
concerts, festivals, cricket and sporting events
Multi-use, suitable for community events, concerts, festivals, cricket and sporting events
Type of Cricket
Events
International, National, Major League, Minor
League, Community Cricket
Minor League Cricket, Community (Local Cricket league), Women and Youth Cricket
Operation and
maintenance
All cricket related infrastructure and events will
be operated and maintained by ACE / MLC
Cricket pitch will be installed and maintained by Blazers in return for reservation and scheduling priority. City operates the facility like any regular sports field but covering the pitch area when there is no cricket. Will use fenced storage area near city maintenance yard to store field/pitch maintenance equipment
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Layout Comparison Feb 2020 proposal vs Feb 2022 proposal ● Planned for hosting International Cricket and Major
League Cricket games
● Host 4000 spectators ,pavilion structure with a
seating capacity of 500
● Permanent structure for Media Center
● Multi-use
● Multi-use sports facility, a very light weight cricket field, Capable of hosting Minor League and local community, Women and
Youth cricket games
● Much lower cost compared to the previous proposal,
● No net-net loss of trees at baylands
● Will be using existing restrooms for changing and no new toilet construction
● Portable popup sight-screens during MLC games
● No changes to picnic areas
Feb 2020 Feb 2022
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New Estimates
Sr. No Particular $ million
1 Field grading, grass outfield irrigation/drainage and outer berm $0.80M 2 Construction of natural grass/clay center wickets $0.15M 3 Equipment and Storage space near existing Maintenance Yard $0.05M TOTAL ~$1.0M
** This estimate is significantly lower than the previous proposal Attachment 3
Investment Distribution
● 250K (25%) will be contributed between
MLC/Blazers
● 10% of the usage will be for MLC
Cricket events and rest will be for the
community
○ Youth Cricket
○ Women's Cricket
○ Community/Local League
○ Other Sports (Soccer etc)
○ Community events
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Expected Usage Matrix (Multi use & Year round)
Type of Event/Sport Requestor/Primary User Expected number of reservation days (Weekdays/Weekend days)**
Max attendance per
event
Women’s Cricket Women’s League - Training (weekdays)
and Games (weekend)
10 / 5 100
Youth Cricket Youth League - Training (weekdays) and
Games (weekend)
24 / 12 100
Adult/Community Cricket NCCA League / Sunnyvale Cricket Club / Bay Area Cricket Club
24 / 24 50
MLC organized Minor League
Cricket Tournament
Blazers 30 / 16 200 - 400
Youth Soccer Soccer Groups 30 Weekdays or Weekend days 100 - 200 Community Events Outdoor /Onfield events 5-10 Weekdays or Weekend days 500+ ** Weekday use for cricket is mainly for training in the evenings. Weekend day use for cricket would be several hours per day
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Expected Usage Hours (Multi use & Year round)
Potential Usage Hours Percentage Usage Per Year
Women’s Cricket 100 5%
Youth Cricket 250 12.5%
Adult/Community Cricket 400 20%
MLC/Blazer Cricket (Minor League Practice/Games) 200 10% Youth / Adult Soccer 300 15%
Other Sports 200 10%
Community Events 100 5%
** Usable field time in year is approximately - 1000+ weekday evening hours, 200+ holiday hours, 800+ weekend hours = 2000+ hours.
Not counting 1000+ non-holiday weekday hours
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Potential revenue (annual)
Potential Usage Total annual revenue
from bookings
Community Cricket $25,000
MLC/Blazer Cricket Events $15,000
Other Sports $20,000
Community Events $15,000
Total $75,000
● Primarily a public benefit field and the
cost can be recouped over multiple
years while providing community with
much needed field for sports
● Neighboring businesses like
restaurants will greatly benefit from the
foot traffic to regular events at the field
● Preserving open space
● In addition to the revenue from
reservations, it is estimated that with
the increased usage, there will be an
additional $200k in revenues annually
through parking fee
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Multi use Facility
● Primary focus is for Sports (Soccer, Cricket & Others) ● Year round activities during weekend and
weekdays
● Plenty of multi use, multi sport opportunities
● More towards community events youth and
womens cricket
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Minor League Team EB Blazers -→ Sunnyvale Blazers
Sunnyvale Blazers with Baylands park as home
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Baylands Park Cricket Field
● East Bay Blazers will be called as Sunnyvale Blazers ! ● This facility will be one of the training place for MLC where international players will join and train with local player and will be the destination for USA National team a few times every year
● Sunnyvale Blazers could start playing at this new field for their 2023 season ● MLC has committed to organizing the 2024 Minor League Final at Baylands Park Cricket Field
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Baylands Park Cricket Field will be used by community by 90% of the time and 10 % MLC Cricket.
● MLC/Blazers will be funding 25 % (to a maximum of 250K USD) towards the development of project.
● This project will potentially bring increased benefits to community in the sunnyvale area by bringing in more revenue through park booking/parking, community sports field utilization and many intangible benefits.
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