The impasse with Latin Events halts Lidom's schedule and season tickets.

Once the first third of June has arrived, the marketing departments from the Cibao Stadium offices to the Quisqueya Stadium are just waiting for that email from Lidom in a PDF file with the 2025-2026 tournament schedule to put the finishing touches on the artwork and launch their season ticket offers on social media.

With a free agency for big-money signings projected to boost payrolls, the next edition of the championship will require greater creativity in raising money , and the marketing machinery is already well-oiled.

The technical direction of the Dominican Baseball League has created several schedule templates, but the impasse with Latin Events over the staging of the Titanes del Caribe series in New York has halted the release of the schedule.

Diario Libre has learned that Lidom is keeping open the option of allowing two teams from the circuit to play in the Big Apple this fall, for which it would seek a promoter . However, businessman Félix Cabrera is not willing to give away for free the right he acquired in 2024 during the renegotiation of the troubled series between Águilas and Licey .

However, the passing of days without an agreement between the league and the veteran promoter complicates the scenario for the Giants-Aguilas matches to take place either in Queens or the Bronx.

Time is running out to secure sponsors with just under six months left until the meetings take place in November.

Lidom has left open the possibility of both that series in New York and the one that would take the Toros del Este to Miami to face Venezuelan and Puerto Rican teams and the Legends Game break organized by Fenapepro.

In 2019, the last season before the COVID-19 impact that caused the calendar to be cut by three seasons, the Licey put its season tickets on sale in mid-June. It offered tiered discounts based on the purchase date until October, when the tournament kicked off.

Fresh resources are used by teams for early-season operations, such as setting up training camp, conducting preseason training, and covering payroll for the first two weeks before the first marketing payment is received.

The proposal

Those close to Cabrera, who was not available to speak with Diario Libre, assure that the businessman settled in the Babel de Acero for almost half a century, had the interest of bringing the Cibaeño teams to the Big Apple, but the payments he offered were far from what was agreed in 2024, which was rejected by the Dominican clubs and Lidom .

The promoter , who his entourage claims lost around four million dollars on the game in Queens and the two in Puerto Rico, also wanted a renegotiation in which he would not have to hand over funds to the other four teams, as had been agreed.

Valid for regular series

What seemed like it would be easier to handle turned out not to be the case, as Cabrera insisted that the games would have to be valid for the regular season schedule, since the Dominican public lost interest after those first two experiences as exhibition matches, where there was no major incentive for the players.

Another factor that was added was the method of paying the players, since this expense did not correspond to the teams, but was an additional amount that the promoter had to provide through the players' union, headed by Erick Almonte.

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