New Baseball Stadium for Mazatlán Still in Limbo

by Maureen Dietrich
30 Mar 15
mazmessenger.com

Last week media reported that Érick Arellano will become president of Mazatlán’s new Liga Mexicana de Beisbol baseball team to be called Club Marineros which will play during the summer months beginning 2016. At the time of the announcement, Arellano stated his club is interested in participating in the construction of a new baseball stadium in the port.

Asked by reporters about the new stadium yesterday, Governor Mario Lòpez Valdez said there have been no advances in construction.

What we have now, said the Governor, is a completed executive project and a proposal by a local group of businessmen for its possible construction. The project is viable, he said, but with the sale of Grupo Modelo who were to be in charge of the new stadium, the project has come to a standstill.

(from Noroeste)

Fate of Venados Baseball Team Soon to be Decided

by Maureen Dietrich
12 Feb 15
mazmessenger.com

The sale of Mazatlán’s AAA Baseball team will be decided at the end of this month or early March at the monthly meeting of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico.

Within the next few days directors of Grupo Modelo, owners of the team, will be in the city to consult with those interested in purchasing the Venados including former Sinaloa Governor Antonio Toledo Corro and Mazatlán businessmen Juan José and Érick Arellano Hernández, among others.

(from Noroeste)

Grupo Modelo to Build New Plant in México

by Murry Page
19 Jan 15
mazmessenger.com

Grupo Modelo announced the construction of a new plant in México, which will increase its production capacity by eight percent. The new plant will be the company’s eighth plant in México and it is estimated to cost 2.2 billion pesos ($151.1 million).

Rolando Zapata, the Governor of Yucatán, said the new plant would be constructed in the town of Hunucmá and that it will start construction this year. Hunucmá is located about 35 km (20 m.) from Merida.

Ricardo Tadeu, a Member of Executive Board of Management and Zone President of México at Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, told reporters the plant will have a production capacity of 5 million hectoliters (132.1 billion gallons) in annual terms and the possibility to increase to 15 million hectoliters in the coming years.

“For us it is very important because it will be our eighth plant in México and we have every intention of continuing to grow in the region,” he said.

Currently the company produces brands such as Corona, Modelo, Montejo, among others, and has an annual production of 60 million hectoliters, and expect the new plant in Mérida to increase that to 75 million hectoliters.

(from Milenio)