Minor League Baseball is returning to Smith-Wills Stadium, former home of the Texas League’s Jackson Mets and Jackson Generals, for an exhibition game between the Mississippi Braves (Double-A; Southern League) and the Jackson State University Tigers. (more…)
A Davidson County Chancery Court judge has ordered the Jackson Generals (Class AA; Southern League) to pay Jackson (TN) almost $250,000 to cover arbitration costs in an unsuccessful attempt to retain The Ballpark at Jackson lease. (more…)
We’ll see a summer-collegiate Prospect League team in The Ballpark at Jackson in 2023, as league commissioner Dennis Bastien signs an eight-year lease to occupy the former home of the Jackson Generals (Class AA; Southern League). (more…)
After a summer of the city seeking a new tenant, Jackson (TN) officials are in talks with officials from the summer-collegiate Prospect League about a Ballpark at Jackson lease. (more…)
Things probably did not need to escalate to this point, but a Jackson police officer will be stationed daily at The Ballpark at Jackson to make sure the final days of the Jackson Generals tenancy goes smoothly. (more…)
The Jackson Generals will not contest an arbitrator’s decision giving control of The Ballpark at Jackson to the city, while opening the door for a new lease with the team transitioning to MLB Partner League status. (more…)
Jackson (TN) now has full control of The Ballpark at Jackson after an arbitrator ruled in the city’s favor, saying that the lease with the Jackson Generals (Class AA; Southern League) was invalid after the team lost affiliated status. (more…)
With Jackson officials continuing to say a lease with the Jackson Generals is invalid, the Winnipeg Goldeyes (American Association) came to a new agreement with the city to play at The Ballpark at Jackson as the U.S./Canada border continues to be closed. (more…)
In addition to hosting the Winnipeg Goldeyes (American Association) this season, the Jackson Generals announced a lineup of other events this year and a launch of a new Southern League in 2022–but the city warns the owners are in violation of their ballpark lease. (more…)
Facing the same border issues plaguing a variety of pro and summer-collegiate teams, the Winnipeg Goldeyes (American Association) will begin the 2021 season playing out of The Ballpark at Jackson, former home to Southern League baseball. (more…)
Many MiLB teams are facing lease issues after the takeover of the sport by Major League Baseball, with many ballpark agreements specifying terms applying to franchises part of the National Association. (more…)
We know these announcements are really formalities by this point, but the Southern League officially canceled its 2020 All-Star Game, originally scheduled for June 22-23 at The Ballpark of Jackson, home of the Jackson Generals. (more…)
The Jackson Generals (Class AA; Southern League) are lining up future concerts at The Ballpark at Jackson, striking an agreement with Grand Slam Presents that calls for 13 shows over the next five years. The agreement begins in 2020. (more…)
