Ballpark Digest
The Business of Ballparks and Baseball in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Indy, Summer Collegiate and College
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) and City of Wisconsin Rapids have reached an agreement to extend the team’s Witter Field lease, carrying the pact through the 2030 season. The team was entering the last season of its previous lease agreement. (more…)
Neuroscience Group Field, home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low A; Midwest League), will host a summer-collegiate game on June 24, when the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders and Madison Mallards meet in the inaugural Northwoods League Road to the Show Minor League Classic. (more…)
As they pursue a lease extension with the city, prospective new owners of the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) are mapping out upgrades to Witter Field. (more…)
An ownership change for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) is in the works, as founders Vern Stenman and Steve Schmitt agree in principal to transfer ownership of their Northwoods League affiliate to brothers Joe and Vince Fonti. (more…)
We have personnel news to report from a trio of summer-collegiate league teams, including the Corvallis Knights (West Coast League), Eau Claire Express, and Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (Northwoods League). (more…)
The home of the Traverse City Pit Spitters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) is now known as Turtle Creek Stadium, the result of a partnership between the team and Grand Traverse Resort & Casinos. (more…)
The pitch for a sports complex anchored by a new summer-collegiate Northwoods League ballpark in the far Milwaukee suburbs has taken a step forward, receiving a key recommendation from an Oconomowoc commission. (more…)
A group seeking to build a sports complex anchored by a new summer-collegiate Northwoods League ballpark is moving its pitch elsewhere in the far Milwaukee suburbs, shifting from Summit to nearby Oconomowoc. (more…)
Wausau’s Athletic Park could be poised for another round of renovations, as Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) ownership pitches a $1.5 million slate of upgrades. (more…)
A group is pitching a 8,000-plus-capacity ballpark in Shakopee, located in the southwest quadrant of the Twin Cities, raising money via traditional investors and crowdsourcing. (more…)
With an investigation ongoing, authorities are offering an up to $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in a fire last week that damaged the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) team store. (more…)
The St. Croix River Hounds (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) are set for a 2021 launch, as construction on the team’s Hudson, WI ballpark will begin next spring. (more…)
We have personnel news to report from the Frisco RoughRiders (Class AA; Texas League) and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). (more…)