Ballpark Digest
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The former Lookout Landing is now known as the Trident Deck, as the Seattle Mariners rebrand the renovated left-field gathering space at T-Mobile Park. The space, perched above the left field foul pole on the View Level, is receiving upgrades this offseason as part of a larger series of T-Mobile park renovations. (more…)
Ahead of an August MLB regular-season game at the Field of Dreams site in Dyserville, IA, local tourism officials anticipate the event will draw a plenty of visitors. (more…)
The Texas Rangers unveiled details Wednesday on two clubs at Globe Life Field, providing a preview of the premium areas as ballpark construction winds down. (more…)
Major League Baseball and Sportradar have announced an expanded partnership, including a new virtual baseball in-play offering for licensed gaming operators in the US and across the world. (more…)
The Big 12 Conference will stage its 2021 Baseball Championship at Oklahoma City’s Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, before shifting to the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field for three years beginning in 2022. The 2022 event will mark the first time in 18 years that the championship is played in Texas. (more…)
Florida lawmakers have advanced a bill that would prevent counties from using certain funds to finance professional sports facilities, but concerns are being raised about how it could affect spring training complexes in the state. (more…)
Now that the NFL season is done after an exciting Super Bowl game, it’s time to turn our attention to the next big event on the sporting calendar: spring training. Here are the dates to focus on this month and next. (more…)
Two new social spaces will debut on Yankee Stadium‘s 200 Main Level this year, and will be open all fans during New York Yankees games and matches for MLS’s New York City FC. (more…)
Kansas City-based design firm Pendulum unveiled a concept for a potential new downtown Kansas City Royals ballpark, showing an intimate facility with unique amenities. (more…)
Amidst tensions over the team’s desire to explore a possible split-season arrangement between Tampa Bay and Montreal, St. Petersburg officials said that the Tampa Bay Rays threatened to block future development of the Tropicana Field site as long as they are locked into their current lease. (more…)
The Cleveland Indians have announced plans to extend protective netting at Progressive Field, as they will run netting farther down the foul lines in time for the 2020 season. (more…)
In comments this week, the executive director of the Port of Oakland expressed his belief that a new Oakland A’s ballpark could be built at Howard Terminal without interfering with existing port operations. (more…)
A group of bipartisan Congressional lawmakers has introduced a resolution calling on Major League Baseball to retain the existing Minor League Baseball structure, rather than move forward with the proposed contraction of 42 MiLB teams. (more…)