Ballpark Digest
The Business of Ballparks and Baseball in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Indy, Summer Collegiate and College
The Colorado Rockies and the state Metropolitan Baseball Stadium District agreed to a new $200-million, 30-year lease for Coors Field, a day before the team’s original 22-year lease was set to expire. It keeps the team in Denver through 2047. (more…)
When you have a good thing, you might as well keep it going. In the case of the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low A; Sally League) and Lakewood Township, their fruitful partnership is continuing for decades, as the BlueClaws have signed a lease extension to remain at FirstEnergy Park through 2055. (more…)
We have a legal decision to report: the High Desert Mavericks (High A; California League) ownership has won a preliminary injunction against the City of Adelanto‘s attempt to evict the team from Heritage Field this season and beyond. (more…)
The Erie SeaWolves (Class AA; Eastern League) and Erie Events have announced a new lease agreement that will keep the Seawolves in town through 2020. A major change that could result from the deal is the name of the ballpark, as the Seawolves can now sell naming rights to Jerry Uht Park. (more…)
We’re not sure this constitutes a trend, but there are certainly are similarities to the way California cities are treating two teams — the High Desert Mavericks (High A; California League) and the Marysville Gold Sox (summer collegiate; Great West League) — over existing ballpark leases. (more…)
The Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will be playing out of C.O. Brown Stadium through at least 2021, as the team and the city agreed to a five-year lease extension. (more…)
The City of Adelanto has terminated the Heritage Field lease held by the High Desert Mavericks (High A; California League) on the premise that the agreement negotiated in 2012 violates the California State Constitution. (more…)
The Hagerstown Suns (Low A; Sally League) could play at Municipal Stadium through 2018 or 2019 with possible lease extensions under current proposals. (more…)
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) are offering to extend their Northeast Delta Dental Stadium lease through 2035 if the city agrees to spend money on what both sides agree are needed improvements. (more…)
The St. Petersburg City Council laid out a path for the Tampa Bay Rays to leave Tropicana Field in 2020 for upwards of $33 million, but it’s not clear whether team owners will take the proposal seriously. (more…)
The Salem Red Sox (High Class A; Carolina League) and the city of Salem executed a ten-year extension of the lease of Lewis-Gale Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark, which expired at the end of the 2014 season. (more…)
It looks like summer-collegiate ball is the right fit for historic Wahconah Park, as the Pittsfield Suns (Futures Collegiate Baseball League) extended their lease through 2017, with options through 2019. (more…)
The Richmond Flying Squirrels (Class AA; Eastern League) will sign a two-year lease to stay at The Diamond through 2016, as it’s clear there won’t be a new ballpark until 2017 at the earliest. (more…)