Camden Riversharks

A baseball stadium that was a linchpin to the redevelopment of the Camden waterfront will sit mostly empty this season after the minor league team that played in it for 15 years folded, leaving the public on the hook for millions more of the cost to build it.

A minor league baseball team that has spent 15 seasons playing in Camden says it failed to reach a lease deal for its stadium and will cease operations. The Camden Riversharks, of the independent Atlantic League, announced Wednesday that they will be leaving Campbell's Field, which is owned by the Camden County Improvement Authority...

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — An arm of the Camden County government is buying a financially struggling minor-league baseball stadium on the Camden waterfront.