Judge David Mathias has declined to decide who is responsible for funding Visalia Rawhide ballpark renovations, as the city and California League team continue to spar over the future of Valley Strong Ballpark. (more…)
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OKC Dodgers Installing New Videoboard
A major addition is coming to Chickashaw Bricktown Ballpark, as the Oklahoma City Dodgers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are installing a new videoboard. Construction for the state-of-the art display will start on July 11, and the Dodgers hope to have it in place by their home game on August 3. (more…)
HarbourCats Add Field Level Seating
The Victoria HarbourCats (summer collegiate; West Coast League) have made an upgrade to Royal Athletic Park by installing field level box seating. (more…)
TinCaps once again exceed attendance projections; city receives windfall
More good news arising from Parkview Field, the home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps (Low Class A; Midwest League): yesterday $141,314 went into a capital-improvement fund set up to address ballpark maintenance — and that amount is some 66 percent higher than expected. Hardball Capital, owners of the TinCaps, paid $141,314 to the city as […]
Southern Miss raising $1M for ballpark renovations
Southern Miss‘s Corky Palmer is leading a fundraising campaign for improvements to Pete Taylor Park, which would cover new chair-back seating as well as a new weight room dedicated solely to the baseball program. Palmer, as college-baseball fans know, is the former coach at Southern Miss. About 35 percent of the cost of improvements to […]
Potter County commits $30K to ballpark improvements
Potter County (Texas) must be pretty happy to have the independent American Association in town: the municipality is committing $30,000 to ballpark improvements for the 2011 season. True, that’s not a large sum, but it’s more than what the city put into Potter County Memorial Stadium in recent years, during the tenure of the Amarillo […]
Peoria (Az.) mapping $21 million in ballpark improvements
Not waiting to have its spring-training tenants complain about the state of facilities, the city of Peoria is planning some $21 million in improvements to Peoria Stadium and its training facilities. Not waiting to have its spring-training tenants complain about the state of facilities, the city of Peoria is planning some $21 million in improvements […]