The multimillion-dollar expansion and renovation of the Kane County Cougars’ stadium in Geneva has been postponed again, and fans of the baseball team will have to wait another 20 months for completion of work that Forest Preserve District officials had hoped would be done by next spring.
Construction of the publicly owned Elfstrom Stadium’s upper-deck suites, a concourse overhang and expanded customer service areas and team offices probably won’t begin until next September and will not be completed at least until the start of the minor-league team’s 2009 season, Kane County Forest Preserve District President John Hoscheit said Friday.
It was the second time officials have postponed remodeling and expanding the stadium.
Forest preserve officials expect to seek bids a third time next month in hopes that with nearly a year to plan and acquire materials, several contractors will be attracted to the $5 million proposal, he said.
