Hawaii – Pacific Sports Group

Hawaii - Year-Round Climate

With our endless summers and aloha spirit, it should go without saying that Hawaii is the greatest in the world, but we’ll say it anyway: Hawaii is the best!

The good news is that Hawaii has some of the best weather anywhere in the world. With the temperature staying steady from 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, you will never be too hot or too cold! Hawaii weather is just perfect! This means the Entertainment Village venues are accessible nearly 365-days a year.

Over 750 miles of shoreline and over 400 named beaches, all of which are public beaches, are another reason why Hawaii is one of the best destinations in the world. In Hawaii, you can also choose the color of your beach… there are white, yellow, black, red, and even one green sand beach. As the only island state in America, it’s no surprise that the turquoise waters and sandy beaches are top notch, but it’s nice to get the recognition. Every year, a professor from Florida International University ranks America’s top 10 beaches based on over 50 criteria, including water sand quality, beach safety, environmental management, and no-smoking policies. In the last 25 years, Dr. Beach has selected a Hawaii beach as the top spot 14 times, more than any state, proving that the islands deserve the nickname “Paradise of the Pacific.”

Hawaii Baseball

Pacific Sports Group owns the rights to two teams in Hawaii, Na Koa Ikaika Maui and the Hawaii Stars, one each on the islands of Maui and Hawaii (the Big Island). If negotiations are successful, the conversion of the Hawaii teams to an affiliated MLB team will dramatically alter the franchise asset value by 7-10 times its net worth. No minor league team in affiliated baseball, at even the lowest level, has sold for less than $10M.

The Hawaii Professional Baseball League will add four (4) more teams throughout the islands, with at least two (2) on Oahu. Discussions were held with the University of Hawaii – West Oahu, and their needs for expanded facilities could be filled by PSG’s concept.

Minor League Baseball is the fastest growing family sport in America and draws more than 50,000,000 fans each season. Minor league baseball draws more total fans to their games than the NBA, NFL and NHL combined. The reasons fans are flocking to minor league baseball in record numbers include the fact that the players are more accessible, the games are less expensive, the stadiums are easier to drive to, but one of the most gratifying reasons is that the minors have brought family fun back to baseball.

PSG’s goal is to own and operate multiple teams, establish and operate its own league, and open the markets in the Pacific Rim, exploiting the American brand of baseball to the Far East where the interest in the sport is even more passionate than here in the United States. PSG’s intention is to play two seasons, spring/summer and fall/winter, thus increasing its income, and taking advantage of the natural all year round environment in Hawaii.

Bob Young began a working relationship with the Japan Baseball Challenge League (“BCL”), one of the two independent leagues in Japan. Japan and Asia represent a huge baseball opportunity for PSG. Asian fans are wild about their baseball and love Hawaii, so the two have become a natural for PSG to expand and reach a huge target audience.