The Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A; Southern League) will honor the Chattanooga Choo-Choos of the Negro Southern League during a Friday-Saturday weekend promotion. (more…)
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Details emerging on proposed new Chattanooga ballpark
We’re seeing details emerge on a funding plan for a new Chattanooga ballpark, as owner Jason Freier follows a familiar–and successful–formula for developing a home for his Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A, Southern League). (more…)
Chattanooga rallies to support Engel Stadium
Closed down recently for safety reasons, Engel Stadium is on the mend and could host between 100 and 150 events next year, as Chattanooga rallies to preserve a historic asset. Engel Stadium is the former home of the Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League), but after the team moved to AT&T Field, the 1929 ballpark […]
Engel Stadium now 82 years old
A milestone of sorts last week in Chattanooga, where Engel Stadium, the former home of the Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League), marked its 82nd birthday amid efforts for renovation. One of the great old ballparks of baseball, Engel Stadium was opened by the entrepreneurial Joe Engel in 1930, beginning with a series of exhibition […]
AT&T Field / Chattanooga Lookouts
Frank Burke bought the Lookouts in the mid nineties but felt the team had to have a new stadium to stay in Chattanooga. In the fall of 1998, Burke announced that he and his ownership group would build a privately funded ballpark if the team could sell 1,800 season tickets. The 1800th ticket was sold […]