Plans to build a minor-league baseball stadium in the city of Troy struck out at a city council meeting Monday night.

The Troy City Council voted 4-3 against building a 5,500-seat stadium on the grounds of the Troy Civic Center, Local 4 reported. Rochester-based General Sports and Entertainment tried to negotiate a contract for the $17.5 million stadium.

The deal would have meant the company would manage the stadium, but the city would have owned the structure and the land, according to a report in The Oakland Press.

Dozens of residents attended the meeting with concerns over parking and noise the park would bring to the area.

"It's obvious it would affect our quality of life," said resident Dick Minnick in the paper's report.

Resident Joe Thomlinson said he would have liked the proposal to pass.

"Next to Disney World, there is no finer family entertainment than to take your kids to a minor league ball game," said Thomlinson in the paper's report.

Councilman David Eisenbacher cast the deciding vote on the split council, the paper reported.

"We're disappointed, but I'm sure there are a number of communities out there who would like to have us," said Andy Appleby, president of General Sports and Entertainment, in the paper's report. "We'll aggressively pursue other options."

General Sports officials first pitched the idea in October and wanted a decision by the end of 2004 so the first pitch could have been thrown in 2006.