Salt Lake City is moving forward with three potential future uses for the former home of the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League), as Smith’s Ballpark adaptive reuse seems likely. (more…)
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Big League Utah adds advisory boards, potential charity to MLB expansion efforts
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…)
Salt Lake Bees break ground on new 2025 Downtown Daybreak ballpark
Big news from the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League): the team unveiled new renderings and a naming-rights partner, America First Credit Union, for a new Downtown Daybreak ballpark set to open in 2025. (more…)
Vote on Smith’s Ballpark reuse goes to the She Plays Here proposal
After a popular vote saw support for Smith’s Ballpark reuse as a women’s sports facility once the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) lease ends, Salt Lake City now needs to confront the hard details: how to make such a conversion work. (more…)
Smith’s Ballpark reuse plan as women’s sports center shows promise
Salt Lake City’s thoughtful approach to potential reuses of Smith’s Ballpark, home of the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League), may have yielded a home run with a proposal to convert the ballpark and some surrounding acreage to a women’s sports center. (more…)
Salt Lake City seeks input on Smith’s Ballpark future
With the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) set to move to a new suburban ballpark, Salt Lake City is soliciting citizen input on the team’s current home, Smith’s Ballpark. (more…)
Steve Klauke to retire at end of 2023 season
Legendary broadcaster Steve Klauke, the longtime voice of the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) and a mentor to many in the business, will retire at the end of the 2023 MiLB season. (more…)
Is new Salt Lake Bees ballpark in the works–or is MLB the final goal?
With ownership of 1,300 acres of land for development, the Larry H. Miller Company may be looking to build a sports-centered community in Salt Lake County for the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) — or may have its sights on an MLB team and ballpark. (more…)
Salt Lake City: Smith’s Ballpark upgrades key to development
The Salt Lake City Council sees potential in revitalizing the city’s Ballpark neighborhood with Smith’s Ballpark upgrades fueling growth, but for that plan to work they also see a lease extension with the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) as key. (more…)
Salt Lake City eyes Smith’s Ballpark area for development
Going to a Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A West) game at Smith’s Ballpark could become an even better experience under a neighborhood development plan proposed by Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. (more…)
Angels add Tri-City as affiliate, keep rest of system
The Los Angeles Angels are adding the Tri-City Dust Devils as a High-A affiliate and keeping Salt Lake, Rocket City and Inland Empire as their rollover affiliates for 2021 and beyond. (more…)
Salt Lake Bees in transition
Management of the Salt Lake Bees (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) is shifting to technology entrepreneur Ryan Smith as part of his larger purchase of the Utah Jazz (NBA), Vivint Arena and the G League’s Salt Lake City Stars from the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies. (more…)
Salt Lake Bees Extend Smith’s Ballpark Protective Netting
The Salt Lake Bees (Class AAA: Pacific Coast League) have announced extended protective netting at Smith’s Ballpark, running the netting farther down both foul lines. The net extension covers nearly to each foul pole down the right and left field lines. (more…)