A redevelopment plan for Cooper Stadium, former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League) and Negro Leagues baseball, received initial approval by the Columbus City Council. (more…)

A redevelopment plan for Cooper Stadium, former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League) and Negro Leagues baseball, received initial approval by the Columbus City Council. (more…)
One casualty of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has been a baseball-wide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Negro National League. There are six existing ballparks that formerly hosted Negro Leagues major-league action; here they are. (more…)
A new plan for the redevelopment of Cooper Stadium, former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League), scraps any tie to auto racing and instead calls for the redevelopment of the grandstand as office space. (more…)
What is left of Cooper Stadium continues to deteriorate, leaving concerns about safety hazards at the former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League). (more…)
New drone footage captures the damaged state of a remaining portion of Cooper Stadium, former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League). (more…)
The heralded redevelopment of Cooper Stadium, former Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League) home, has stalled due to some engineering and code issues, but work is expected to commence this spring. (more…)
It’s taken much longer than anticipated, but planners say the renovation of what’s left of Columbus’s Cooper Stadium should take place next year before a 2017 opening. (more…)
We’re in the middle of our Target Field/Midway Stadium day-night doubleheader, but we thought you’d like to see this shot: the ongoing demolition and repurposing of Cooper Stadium, former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League). As you’ll recall, Cooper Stadium, which opened in 1932, has sat empty since the Clippers moved to […]
The former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League) is no more, as the wrecking ball took down the 84-year-old ballpark this week. Cooper Stadium, which opened in 1932, has sat empty since the Clippers move to a new downtown ballpark, Huntington Park, in 2009. Even before the Clippers moved there was a […]
Hamtramck Stadium in Detroit, once home to the Detroit Stars of the Negro National League, has received designation on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by businessman John Roesink in 1930 as the home of the Stars, the ballpark still exists but isn’t used for baseball. However, the original grandstand (enhanced in 1940 with WPA […]
The sale of Cooper Stadium, the former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League), to a developer seeking to convert it to a racetrack/car complex is expected to close next week. Cooper Stadium, which opened in 1932, has sat empty since the Clippers move to a new downtown ballpark, Huntington Park, in 2009. […]
The Columbus City Council approved plans to convert Cooper Stadium, the former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League), to a racing facility despite objections from neighborhood residents. The vote was unanimous, but there were some conditions applied: sound barriers must be periodically inspected, and races must end at 10 p.m. A city […]
A proposal to convert Cooper Stadium, the former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League), to a racetrack is drawing continued opposition from neighborhood groups, who fear it will negatively impact land values. The ballpark has been empty since the Clippers moved to downtown’s Huntington Park, but Arshot Investment Corp. has been working […]