MILWAUKEE -- The Wisconsin State Assembly on Tuesday passed a spending bill that, if approved by the Senate, would fund more than a half-billion dollars in future maintenance and improvements at American Family Field while extending the Brewers’ lease through 2050.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has already signaled his support of the legislation, which calls for $546 million for everything from the stadium’s signature roof to the boilers in the basement at the Brewers’ home since 2001. The team’s current lease runs through 2030, and team officials have been working with state and local lawmakers since the spring to ensure the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District -- the state-created agency which owns and maintains the stadium -- has the funding it needs to meet the obligations in the Brewers’ lease. The team is expected to pitch in $100 million as part of the plan.

“Today’s vote by a bipartisan majority of the State Assembly shows that momentum continues to grow for a solution to maintain American Family Field and to keep the Brewers in Milwaukee for the next generation,” Brewers president of business operations Rick Schlesinger said in a statement following Tuesday’s vote. “We are very grateful for the leadership of legislative and local officials, as well as that of Governor Evers, who have helped to negotiate creative solutions that protect taxpayers and avoid the return of the five-county sales tax.”

That sales tax, instituted in the 1990s to fund the construction of Miller Park, was sunsetted in March 2020. At about that time, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce funded a study that found the stadium generated $2.5 billion in statewide economic impact since its opening.

Schlesinger cited that figure on Tuesday and contended that “by extending the ballpark’s useful life, we are working to preserve an important economic driver for the future.”

“The Brewers will continue to work with all stakeholders in the days and weeks ahead,” Schlesinger said. “As the Brewers’ landlord, the Stadium District needs resources to honor its current lease agreement with its tenant. Today’s bipartisan vote creates a path to provide those resources, as well as the resources needed to help keep Major League Baseball in Milwaukee for the next generation.”

The Brewers said the ballpark supported 3,000 jobs in 2022 and is projected to produce $24.1 million in state and county taxes in '23. An additional $5.2 million is forecast to be added to that total in '24, according to the club, due to a recently passed sales tax increase in the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County.