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The scoreboard has become a city saga.
Two companies that placed bids to provide the $600,000 project at Bowman Field have formally issued protests in that bidding process, city officials said Wednesday.
Samsung and Visua both have filed complaints about the process, according to officials at the afternoon bid opening at City Hall.
Until the protests were registered, the recommended company to build and provide the scoreboard was going to be Daktronics and the bid was under $600,000.
The delays mean the projects might not happen until after the Crosscutters complete their season in the fall.
"It might have to happen over a few seasons," Mayor Gabriel J. Campana said of the city finances, which require bare bones budget tightening.
It doesn't mean the projects aren't moving ahead with proper procedures, he said.
For example, bids were opened Wednesday on general contracting, electrical, plumbing and heating and air conditioning.
But it also likely means City Council will have to go over numbers and the procedure that led to the protests, Campana said.
It means it isn't likely for the scoreboard and upgrades to occur until after summer,
Campana said.
"I, as do others, want to see a new video scoreboard, expanded pressbox, umpire rooms and locker rooms for visiting teams," Campana said, adding he remains opposed to bonds, borrowing or financial packages that can put the city at increased fiscal risk.
Campana further stated the priorities should be the $16 million levee recertification and $20-million plus stormwater management, not a scoreboard and baseball stadium improvements.