With the recent purchase of the Anchorage 'Boms by Sun Micro Systems, it
appears that another major company is interested in buying a PVBL franchise.
This time it's the nation's favorite coffee company StarBucks, and they are
interested in America's Team, the Deadwood Outlaws.
StarBucks Coffee Company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the
original home of the Outlaws. The company recently completed plans to build
a muti-billion dollar baseball only stadium, to be named StarBucks Grounds
located on Mercer Island.
The Deadwood Outlaws are currently owned by the City of Deadwood, and is run
by CEO/GM Philip S. Raisor. A lawyer for the town council of Deadwood has
issued a response from the city that reads, in part: "There is absolutly no
way the Deadwood Outlaws will be moving back to Seattle. We've heard these
rumors before, and we'll probably hear them again, but our fans have nothing
to worry about."
