With 13 days to spare before the current lease expired, the Orioles finally got the deal done for a new lease that will allow them to continue at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for years to come. On Monday morning, the board of the Maryland Stadium Authority approved last week’s tentative lease agreement, and in the afternoon, the state’s Board of Public Works put the final stamp on it.
Although a tentative agreement earlier in the month was scuttled within hours of its reported completion, there was not much suspense surrounding Monday’s vote. Objections raised about how the lease was tied to the potential development rights for a small amount of state-owned land adjacent to the stadium were resolved in the agreement that’s now final.