Mayor Alvin Brown earmarked up to $1 million in his proposed city budget to convert the Baseball Grounds into the home soccer field of the new Armada Football Club. The North American Soccer League franchise has a tentative three-year deal to play at the city-owned Baseball Grounds, which also is the home of the Jacksonville Suns minor league baseball team. Still, Brown’s proposed outlay for the Baseball Grounds appears to be much larger than the initial pay back. read more