Officials in Sarasota County, Fla., expect an answer soon on whether the Braves will move their spring-training home there.
“(In) relatively short order, we should know something,” Sarasota County director of business and economic development Jeff Maultsby told a county tourism advisory council.
The Braves are seeking to line up a new spring home for 2018 and beyond.
“We are working towards trying to get a deal crafted to make that a reality,” Maultsby said during a meeting of the county’s Tourist Development Council.
A deal would need to be done “the sooner the better” for a facility to be built by 2018, he added.