Where are they going?
Columbia, SC. The government built them a big stadium and the Mets decided it was a better place.
The stadium here is a historical building. It has seen the likes of Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig (the teams would stop here for exhibition games on the way north from Spring Training) , even Dale Murphy (important to Georgians anyway). Jim Bouton(sp) pitched here in his comeback attempt.
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayson_Stadium
The city wanted to build a new stadium for the team, but, do it on the cheap and more nefarious reasons are suspected (I have my opinions, but, I’ll leave it for the papers and FBI).
All they need to do is upgrade the infrastructure of the old stadium, we don’t need a new one.