The Kokomo (Ind.) Common Council moved ahead with a $11-million bonding plan for a new downtown ballpark that would also provided needed flood mitigation. The new ballpark, envisioned for 2015, would provide both a playing field for area baseball and soccer fields but also add flood mitigation in the form of berms, a raised ballpark […]
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College World Series field emerging; LSU and Indiana in
After some Super Regionals concluded over the weekend, the field is close to being set for the 2013 College World Series, which launches this weekend in Omaha with a few old and new faces, including LSU and Indiana. Five of the eight Super Regionals have concluded. For the most part, the current lineup for the […]
Elkhart revives ballpark plans
Put aside because of the bad economy two years ago, a plan for a new ballpark in Elkhart, Ind., for a summer-collegiate Northwoods League team is back on the table. The plan for a $12-million, 2,000-seat ballpark originally featured $5 million in public funding from Elkhart County, but it was suspended in 2010 because of […]
RailCats: U.S. Steel Yard needs upgrades
After a decade, U.S. Steel Yard is starting to show its age, and the management of tenant Gary SouthShore RailCats (independent; American Association) wants to work with the city on improvements. Gary is in the same situation as many other cities: tax revenues are down and city coffers are empty. And while the city has […]
Whiting to host MCL All-Star Game
Some more All-Star news for you: Whiting, Indiana is hosting the 2011 Midwest Collegiate League All-Star Game at Oil City Stadium at Standard Diamonds Park next week on July 13, with Ron Kittle serving as master of ceremonies. The game starts at 7:05 p.m., preceded by a scout evaluation and workout by the MCL All-Star […]
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 […]
The Week That Was: October 2
Here are the most popular stories published in Ballpark Digest this past week, as measured by page views. The big stories this week: new ballparks in Potomac and Westfield; a baseball institution drops baseball; and the continuing follies in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over a new ballpark. Westfield approves site for sports complex, complete with new ballpark P-Nats, […]
Westfield approves site for sports complex, complete with new ballpark
Westfield, Indiana wants to see itself as the Family Sports Capital of America and is embarking on what could be a billion-dollar sports complex, complete with a 5,000-seat minor-league ballpark. It is an ambitious project, to say the least, encompassing some 300 acres and potentially costing a billion dollars by the time all is said […]
Parkview Field / Fort Wayne TinCaps
You can never accuse Parkview Field of being a cookie-cutter ballpark. The home of the Class-A Fort Wayne TinCaps, Parkview Field is one of the most intricately conceived and immaculately designed ballparks to come down the pike in years. The level of attention to detail is astonishing; it’s designed to be a place where a […]