We’re finally winding down our 2015 awards season, and today’s entry covers the burgeoning field of sports tech. Running a ballpark today is a tech enterprise, and tracking and managing that data is the centerpiece of Stadium 1 Software, winner of Ballpark Digest’s Best New Technology Tool for 2015. (more…)
We begin 2016 with a countdown of the 10 biggest stories of 2015 on Ballpark Digest, as chosen by editors and partially based on page views. Today, #1: The opening of CHS Field, home of the St. Paul Saints. (more…)
Major League Baseball has issued the long-awaited recommendations about increased netting at ballparks, suggesting that coverage be expanded to the near end of the dugouts and within 70 feet of home plate. (more…)
We have some royalty news to pass along: Tri-City ValleyCats President and Principal Owner William (Bill) Gladstone has been named the 2015 King of Baseball by Minor League Baseball. (more…)
It was not an auspicious New Year for the West Michigan Whitecaps in 2014, when team management and ownership saw fire take out part of Fifth Third Ballpark on January 3. The resulting rebuilding of the ballpark over a two-year period earned the West Michigan Whitecaps Ballpark Digest’s Best Ballpark Improvements Award for 2015. (more…)
Spending $3.5 million on Calfee Park upgrades before the 2015 season worked so well for the Pulaski Yankees (rookie; Appalachian League) owners that they are spending $500,000 more on the ballpark for the 2016 season. (more…)
New owners usually mean ballpark changes, and that was especially true this past season, when the St. Louis Cardinals took over the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and immediately committed to significantly enhancing the fan experience. The extensive improvements earned AutoZone Park Ballpark Digest’s Best Ballpark Renovation (Over $6M/Under $20M) for 2015. (more…)
In an era where fans are offered more than just the standard grub at a baseball game, one new food item combined a ballpark favorite with bacon and plenty of sugary goodness. The salty and sweet concoction earned the Sweenie Donut Dog from the Wilmington Blue Rocks Ballpark Digest’s Best New Food Item of 2015. […]
Wrigleyville residents are seeing one additional benefit to the $575-million makeover of Wrigley Field: what was once a seedy neighborhood is seeing potential upgrades as the Chicago Cubs home becomes a year-round attraction. (more…)
It was a good 2015 for the Low A Midwest League, as the circuit set a record for attendance with a final tally of 4,233,904 fans, breaking 2010’s record of 4,184,843 fans. (more…)
Some big names — Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Kirk Gibson, Frank Thomas — in the 2015 Class of Inductees for the Florida State League Hall of Fame, set to be inducted on November 10, 2015 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach. (more…)
The 2015 Minor League Baseball season brought about several attendance success stories, including the Pulaski Yankees (rookie; Appalachian League)—a team embracing change. At the forefront of the Yankees’ success was a new affiliation with the New York Yankees, changes in ballpark ownership, ballpark upgrades, and a customer-oriented approach to game-day management. (more…)
We wrap up our look at affiliated, independent and summer-collegiate baseball with a listing of the top 375 teams, as ranked by average. (more…)
