NEW YORK – Greek-American billionaire John Catsimatidis was featured in the New York Post for “adding Atlantic League managing partner to his resume.”
The Staten Island FerryHawks are affiliated with the New York Yankees and their opening weekend began on April 24.
“It’s just a wonderful day,” Catsimatidis, who is a longtime fan of the Yankees-affiliated team, told the Post on April 24. “When the Yankees called me up about four years ago and they wanted to be partners – I said absolutely yes, I love baseball. My grandfather took me to my first Yankee game when I was about six or eight years old.”
Catsimatidis “was a key investor in the team when it launched in 2022, replacing the
Staten Island Yankees, which shut down operations in 2020,” the Post reported, adding that “the FerryHawks home base is Staten Island University Hospital Community Park, located off of the Staten Island Ferry stop.”
The Staten Island FerryHawks opener was held on April 24. Photo: Instagram
Built in 1990 during Rudy Giuliani’s tenure as New York City Mayor, the stadium was renovated “after its ownership change in 2022,” the Post reported, noting that
“Catsimatidis said he hopes to eventually name it the WABC stadium after his radio station, and plans to expand the site’s offerings to include concerts, festivals and a soccer team.”
“We want to make it a full entertainment facility,” he told the Post, and “even floated the idea of a minor league spinoff of the MLB’s Yankees and Mets Subway Series.”
“You have the Mets minor league team the Coney Island Cyclones and you have the FerryHawks, which is a Yankee associated team,” Catsimatidis told the Post. “We should have a series of a competition between the Cyclones and the FerryHawks.”