New Quad-City owners select general manager
As the Swing of the Quad-Cities continue their transition to new ownership, the prospective owners of the Midwest League franchise have named a new general manager for the club.
Ben Burke, a member of the front-office staff of the Schaumburg Flyers in the independent Northern League for the past five years, is settling into his office at John O’Donnell Stadium this week as the Swing’s new general manager.
“I’m looking forward to getting involved with the community and having the community be a part of our team,’’ Burke said. “I want to be active in the community, and I want our staff to be visible and active as well.’’
Burke, 30, began working for the Flyers as the club’s director of finance and most recently served as its director of corporate sales and assistant general manager.
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Current Swing team president Kevin Krause continues to oversee operations of the club until the sale process is complete. Burke will assume those day-to-day duties once the sale has been finalized.“We’ll work collaboratively to keep things moving forward,’’ Krause said. "All of us are interested in getting the transaction done as quickly as possible. Mainstreet believes it is important for their business philosophies to be implemented and this helps facilitate that.’’
Control Interest Transfer documents are being reviewed by the Midwest League. Once approved by the league, the governing bodies of minor league baseball and the major league commissioner’s office must approve the sale before the transaction is complete.
That may or may not be done by April 5, the opening date of the 2007 season, and bringing Burke onto the staff now is designed to bridge the transition period.
“It’s a little different, but I’ll be working closely with Kevin as we work toward the start of the season,’’ Burke said. “It’s easy in one sense. We both have the same goals, to have the stands filled and to our stadium be a place where kids and families can come and enjoy themselves.’’
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