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Elsewhere on August Publications: Aug. 5
NBA and MLS expansion, a relocation of the new Orlando City FC stadium and the demolition of Compadre Stadium are among the top stories published this week on August Publications websites. This is, of course, just a gentle reminder that we publish more than Ballpark Digest. Here are some highlights: From Arena Digest: NBA expansion […]
Compadre Stadium coming down
It’s official: the demolition of Chandler’s Compadre Stadium, the former spring-training home of the Milwaukee Brewers, has begun. The full details are at our Spring Training Online site. We’ve covered the story here before. The ballpark opened in 1986 as spring home of the Brewers, replacing the team’s home in Sun City. It was only […]
Any month with baseball is a good month
It’s been a good month here at Ballpark Digest: lots of site activity and page views, topped off by visits to Scottsdale Stadium, Cubs Park and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The last three days saw the beginning of our spring-training travels in Phoenix. Gorgeous days to see some great ballparks, and we’ll have […]
Elsewhere on August Publications: Feb. 6
At August Publications, we have more going on that just Ballpark Digest. Here’s your occasional summary of what’s going on at our other Websites, including Arena Digest and Yellowstone Insider. Arena Digest: Arizona Coyotes rebranding hits trademark issueThe rebranding of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes has been hit with what will probably be a small road […]
Fort Myers mayor: We have little chance of landing Nats
With a proposed redevelopment of the City of Palms Park area almost dead, Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson says there is little chance a $36.6 million renovation plan will succeed, giving the city no shot to land the Washington Nationals for spring training. We have more of the details at our sister site, Spring Training […]
Cubs Park unveiled to the public
Big opening day for Cubs Park Saturday, as an open house attracted 30,000 fans interested in learning more about the new spring training home of the Chicago Cubs. Naturally, we have a full story on our sister site, Spring Training Online. Reaction from those visiting the facility was generally good, though it appears fans are […]
Elsewhere on August Publications: Oct. 18
We know most of you are here to read the latest on baseball and ballparks, but we produce several websites under the August Publications name, and here’s a look at the latest news from all. On Spring Training Online this week: We brought readers an exclusive sneak peak at the Chicago Cubs spring-training facility. The […]
Revamped for 2014: Spring Training Online
It looks like the DNS has propagated and everything is working properly, so we invite you to take a look at the relaunch of Spring Training Online, as we prep for 2014. The site has been overhauled and expanded, moving from Joomla to WordPress, which gives us a lot of flexibility in adding new features […]
Back from vacation after the Memorial Day weekend
We’re back from a working vacation to Yellowstone National Park and Montana, so we thought this would be a good opportunity to update you on what’s going on here at August Publications. We probably should do a better job of promoting our other sites here: We do tend to focus exclusively on the baseball here. […]
Venues, dates announced for WBC ’13
We have some more information on venues and timing of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, the tourney held during spring training, with games set for Chase Field, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick and Marlins Park. Our sister site, Spring Training Online, has all the details. The new info there: date and overseas venues in […]
First spring-training schedule posted
Our sister site, Spring Training Online, has posted the first tentative schedule for 2013: the home slate for the Atlanta Braves at Champion Stadium. You can view the schedule here. Spring training will be a slightly longer affair in 2013: games will be starting a little earlier and run through the end of March. You […]
What’s on tap for Ballpark Digest
We have some travel and some changes on tap for Ballpark Digest in coming weeks, as we prep for the upcoming baseball season. We’ve been working on changes to Ballpark Digest and will be implementing them sometime over the next month, probably over the course of a weekend. Most of the changes are under the […]