As the Turk’s Head Stadium Alliance continues to work on state funding for a new West Chester (Pa.) ballpark, details about the scope of the project and its funding sources emerge — but its location may cause some issues in Minor League Baseball unless the Philadelphia Phillies are part of the mix. The actual plan […]
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The Week That Was: October 2
Here are the most popular stories published in Ballpark Digest this past week, as measured by page views. The big stories this week: new ballparks in Potomac and Westfield; a baseball institution drops baseball; and the continuing follies in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over a new ballpark. Westfield approves site for sports complex, complete with new ballpark P-Nats, […]
Phillies: Not so fast on the new West Chester ballpark
Officials with the Philadelphia Phillies tell us they made no commitment to bringing a minor-league team to West Chester, Pa., as a press conference today to announce the project showed plenty of holes in the plan for a new $40-million ballpark. The press conference today had been billed as a presentation for a fait accompli […]
Phillies, West Chester agree on new ballpark
After years of rumor and false starts, the city of West Chester, Pa., has snared the Philadelphia Phillies as a partner of sorts on a new ballpark, with the Phils pledging a Class A team for the facility if the city will build. And the city will build. The plan is for the West Chester […]
Squabbling could derail new SWB Yankees ballpark
A spat between Luzerne and Lackawanna counties over the proceeds of the sale of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) could imperil $20 million in state money already earmarked for a new ballpark, according to Penn. Gov. Ed Rendell. We’re talking a pretty serious split here: Luzerne County has already filed suit to prevent […]
Howard Lamade Stadium / Little League World Series
We drop by Howard J. Lamade Stadium, home of the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. FAST FACTS Opened: 1959Capacity: 15,000 in grandstand, 40,000 on groundsDimensions: 225R, 225C, 225R Address: 539 U.S. Hwy. 15, South Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17702.Directions: Highway 15 runs north-south through Pennsylvania; the nearest larger cities are Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Harrisburg. […]
Coca-Cola Park / Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Coca-Cola Park is surely one of the best new minor-league ballparks to come down the pike in recent years, a place where every fan — ranging from the big-buck corporate types in the dugout suites to the families setting up camp on the left-field berm — can have a fulfilling game-day experience. FAST FACTS Year […]