While there is still plenty of organizing and fundraising at hand, the future of the proposed International Women’s Baseball Museum in Rockford, Ill., is brighter with the announcement that award-winning architect Jeanne Gang and Studio Gang will design the facility. (more…)
The home of the Rockford Rivets (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) has been sold, with a news report indicating that a California company has purchased Rivets Stadium. (more…)
We reported on this several weeks ago, and now it’s official: the summer-collegiate Northwoods League will launch a team in Rockford, Ill., for the 2016 season. (more…)
The summer-collegiate Northwoods League will be setting up shop in Rockford, Ill., next season, as the league reached an agreement to play at Aviators Stadium in suburban Loves Park. (more…)
The home of the Rockford Aviators (independent; Frontier League) is on the auction block, with opening bids suggested at $1.5 million. (more…)
With RiverHawks Stadium now controlled by an Illinois bank after a bankruptcy auction, Rockford (Ill.) officials are looking at sprucing up Marinelli Field to attract indy ball and youth tournaments. Marinelli Field was the longtime home to pro baseball in Rockford, hosting the likes of the Rockford Reds (Low Class A; Midwest League) before the […]
Though nothing’s finalized, there’s a plan for a Chillicothe group to invest in the Rockford Riverhawks and shift the team to the Frontier League for 2011 — coming at the heels of the circulation of a 10-team North American League schedule that drops both Henderson and Rockford for the coming season. The move of the […]
The Rockford Foresters (summer collegiate; Midwest Baseball League) will offer free admission to a game this coming season to the unemployed, building on a promotion launched last season. On game days, fans that are unemployed can get two free tickets to a game at Marinelli Field simply by showing their Illinois Department of Employment Security […]
