With the end of the Oakland Athletics 2024 MLB season, we are likely looking at the end of the team’s tenure at the Oakland Coliseum. And while it’s not a totally done deal, this move surely marks the end of multiuse stadiums in professional baseball and football. (more…)
We have some book news to pass along: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2025 / Arizona is now available for preorder, with units expected to ship before Sept. 15 and a free eBook download included! (more…)
We have some book news to pass along: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2025 / Florida is now available for order in paperback and eBook editions! (more…)
This plan has been in the works since 2016, and now it’s finally coming to fruition, as Georgia State University is moving forward with a new college ballpark on the footprint of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. (more…)
Tickets for the MLB at Rickwood Field, A Tribute to the Negro Leagues event at Birmingham’s historic venue will be sold exclusively to Alabama residents, with recipients determined by a lottery now open to the public. (more…)
It seems appropriate this Opening Day to announce a big change in the future of Ballpark Digest: twenty-some years after launching this site and August Publications, I’m retiring early and focusing instead on family. (more…)
Big League Utah, the group seeking to bring MLB to Salt Lake City, provided more information on their vision for an entertainment district at a proposed ballpark site while announcing new advisory boards and a charity designed to enhance the ballpark area. (more…)
Start your planning: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced today that the Atlanta Braves and Truist Park will host the 2025 All-Star Game. (more…)
Proposed American Family Field legislation authorizing updating and upgrading the home of the Milwaukee Brewers passed the Wisconsin Senate by a comfortable margin today, with the Assembly expected to adopt amendments to the measure as soon as today. (more…)
No overturning the MLB antitrust exemption this year, as Major League Baseball and four former Minor League Baseball teams settled state and federal lawsuits over the manner of the 2020 downsizing of MiLB to 120 teams. (more…)
The deadline for financing a new Hillsboro Hops ballpark has been extended by MLB, as the High-A Northwest League team has been given until March 15, 2024 to finalize a funding plan. (more…)
Urged to move forward by 18 attorneys general, the U.S. Supreme Court could take another run at reevaluating the MLB antitrust exemption in a case filed by the Tri-City ValleyCats and the Norwich Sea Unicorns after both teams and much of the NY-Penn League were booted from affiliated ranks in 2020. (more…)
We continue our series on professional-baseball attendance with this look at the numbers for 2023 MLB attendance by average–numbers that reflect the general optimism we’re seeing in the MLB world. (more…)
