ALL RIGHT. COOLING OFF. THANKS, BILL. THE OMAHA STORM CHASERS ARE BEING SOLD, BUT THEY WILL STAY IN OMAHA. ALLIANCE SPORTS IS SELLING THE TEAM TO DIAMOND BASEBALL HOLDINGS. THEY ARE THE LARGEST OWNERSHIP GROUP OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S EDDIE METZEL JOINS US NOW FROM WARNER PARK LIVE WITH THE LATEST. HEY, EDDIE. ROB. JULIE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A HECTIC TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE SELLING OF THE TEAM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAYOFFS. YOU CAN SEE THE STORM CHASERS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE FIELD LATER TONIGHT. NOW, I SPOKE WITH STORM CHASERS PRESIDENT MARTY CORDERO EARLIER TODAY AND HE INDEED DID SAY IT’S BEEN A HECTIC BUT EXCITING WEEK AS THEY WELCOME DIAMOND BASEBALL HOLDINGS AS THE ORGANIZATION’S NEW OWNERSHIP. YOUR PIECE OF OMAHA BASEBALL HISTORY CHANGES HANDS. STORM CHASERS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW OWNERS THIS AFTERNOON, 12 YEARS AFTER GARY GREEN BOUGHT THE OMAHA STORM CHASERS FROM WARREN BUFFETT. ALLIANCE SPORTS IS NOW SELLING THE TEAM. ALL THE HISTORY IS JUST PART OF WHAT MADE THIS ORGANIZATION SO ATTRACTIVE TO DIAMOND BASEBALL HOLDINGS THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS STARTED RIGHT AS THE SEASON STARTED BACK IN MARCH. SO YEAH, IT’S BEEN AN INTERESTING SEASON AND WE’RE REALLY EXCITED AS A STAFF, AS AN ORGANIZATION TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF DIAMOND BASEBALL HOLDINGS AS WE’RE ADDED TO THEIR PORTFOLIO, THAT PORTFOLIO CONSISTS OF 35 OTHER MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ORGANIZATIONS. THEIR GOAL TO CONTINUE TO GROW BASEBALL IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA. IF YOU GO BACK TO WHEN GARY GREEN BOUGHT THE CLUB IN JUNE OF 2012, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP REMAINED IN PLACE AND HAS BEEN HERE CONSTANT. AND THAT’S STILL THE SAME. AND THAT’S THE MESSAGE THAT DB REALLY WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS LEADERSHIP, IS HERE. WE’RE READY. WE’RE READY FOR THE FUTURE. ALLIANCE SPORTS CO-FOUNDERS GARY GREEN AND LARRY BOTELL WILL NOW SHIFT THEIR FOCUS FULL TIME TO UNION OMAHA. HE’S DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS BELIEF OF WHAT PRO SOCCER CAN MEAN TO THE OMAHA METRO AREA, AND SPECIFICALLY THE RIVERFRONT, AND I WILL REMAIN ENGAGED IN BOTH PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TIME IN PRO SPORTS HISTORY HERE IN THE METRO AREA. AS FOR THE STORM CHASERS HERE AT WARNER PARK, HIT PRETTY WELL BACK TO THE ALLEY. BIGBY AT THE WALL. IT’S GONE. YOU GUYS ARE. YOU GUYS ARE STAYING? THERE’S NO PLANS TO LEAVE. WE’RE HERE. YEAH. OUR LEASE RUNS THROUGH 2035 WITH SARPY COUNTY AND THERE’S ANOTHER SIX YEARS LEFT IN THE MLB. MILB PDL AGREEMENT. SO WE’RE HERE. WE’RE WITH THE ROYALS. WE’RE AT SARPY COUNTY. WE’RE CELEBRATING CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL THIS WEEK. CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL IS INDEED BEING CELEBRATED HERE THIS WEEK. GAME ONE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS WITH STORM CHASERS TAKES PLACE HERE TONIGHT AT WARNER PARK. AS FOR THE SALE OF THE TEAM, THERE ARE A FEW MORE APPROVALS THAT NEED TO BE OBTAINED. THAT SALE IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED AROUND THE 1ST OF OCTOBER. REPORTING