Ballpark Digest
The Business of Ballparks and Baseball in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Indy, Summer Collegiate and College
With a sleek grandstand design unlike any in baseball and plenty of attention paid to the small details, Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the Las Vegas Aviators (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) stands out amidst the glitz of Sin City and becomes one of the most noteworthy MiLB ballparks. (more…)
Paying homage to Las Vegas legend and founder of the team’s corporate owner, the Howard Hughes Corporation today unveiled the new name of its Class AAA Pacific Coast League team: the Las Vegas Aviators. (more…)
A sculpture of Willie Mays will be installed at Regions Field, home of the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League). (more…)
As questions linger about Cashman Field‘s viability, the Las Vegas 51s (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) say they are pursuing a new ballpark in the region. (more…)
When city businesspeople and Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) owners pitched a new ballpark, they estimated it would generate $500 million in new investment. A million fans later, and the economic plan is four years ahead of schedule with cranes dotting the skyline. (more…)
It will be a new era of baseball tonight in Alabama, as the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) will open up a new downtown ballpark after a 25-year stint in the suburbs. The new ballpark, Regions Field, is the merger of two visions: one, from city officials who wanted to see pro baseball return […]
Seeking to allay concerns about parking near Regions Field, the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) unveiled an agreement with Children’s Hospital for the use of three surface lots within a two-block radius of the new downtown ballpark. Additionally, fans will have access to street parking spaces and other public parking locations within two blocks […]
The New York Mets announced a new player-development deal with the Las Vegas 51s (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) — which means an affiliation deal for the only two players left standing: the Toronto Blue Jays and the Buffalo Bisons (Class AAA; International League). “We are familiar with many of the front office personnel with […]
A proposed lease extension to Cashman Field by the prospective buyers of the Las Vegas 51s (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) has been put on hold while the city debates the future of the facility. Two years still remain on the existing lease, but Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club LLC (a joint venture of Howard […]
Former Las Vegas 51s (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) broadcaster and front-office member Bob Blum has passed away. He was 91. Blum worked for the 51s — the Las Vegas Stars at the beginning of his tenure — for almost 30 years, and was the team’s broadcaster from 1985 to 2005 and 2008 to 2010. “Blumer […]