Like many traditionalists, we were dismayed with Omaha officials announced plans to build a new downtown ballpark for the College World Series, abandoning Rosenblatt Stadium in the process. With TD Ameritrade Park now open and hosting a handful of CWS games, it’s easy to see the ballpark’s many strengths – and some high-profile weaknesses. FAST […]
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Poppe: New College World Series ballpark just dandy
Dennis Poppe, the NCAA vice president for football and baseball, says TD Ameritrade Park is working out well as the new home of the College World Series. Of course, what else is he gonna say? His statements come at the first week of games at the new $131-million downtown Omaha ballpark. There have been a […]
Stabilizer Solutions lands CWS ballpark contract
When the best college teams in the country gather next month in Omaha for the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park, they’ll be playing on a state-of-the-art playing field anchored with Stabilizer Solutions products. The playing field at TD Ameritrade Park will be under considerable scrutiny when the College World Series opens: it will […]
New ballpark boon for Creighton
The move to TD Ameritrade Park by the Creighton Blue Jays has been a boon when it comes to attracting fans to games, as the team is drawing 8,170 fans a game this season. Of course, that number is a little skewed: it includes the 22,197 buying tickets for the opening of the ballpark. Take […]
TD Ameritrade Park opens with no issues
Bad weather dampened the open-night crowd at Omaha’s TD Ameritrade Park to less than the anticipated sellout, but the game between Creighton and Nebraska found everything in the ballpark in good working order in plenty of time before the College World Series. The temperatures were in the 30s with a nasty wind. A crowd of […]
Storm Chasers set to vacate Rosenblatt this week
It will mark the end of an era: the Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are set to vacate historic Rosenblatt Stadium this week, but the ballpark will probably be left standing for several months before demolition begins. Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium has been home to baseball in Omaha since it opened, and the […]
No CWS beer for you!
Facing opposition from the city and area businesses, a developer has dropped plans for an event space a block from TD Ameritrade Park, the home of the College World Series, and will instead pave the space for parking and corporate tent space. Developer Jerry Banks had already received Omaha Planning Board approval for the $1.2 […]
The Week That Was: Nov. 28
New uniforms and logos, independent-baseball shifts, a possible return to Ottawa for affiliated ball and ballpark renovations were in the news this week. The most popular stories on Ballpark Digest for the past week, as measured in page views. Altoona Curve unveils new look, logos, colors Group says it’s ready to play in Omaha; MECA […]
Group says it’s ready to play in Omaha; MECA says otherwise
Representatives of Fast Ball Sports LLC say they have an agreement to play in Omaha‘s TD Ameritrade Park under the North American League banner, but ballpark officials say no lease is in place — and there are no current negotiations slated for one. The group, which includes Minnesota businessman Jim Space, Washington, D.C. attorney George […]
Griffith works to preserve Northern League
It sounds like independent Northern League Commissioner Clark Griffith was working the phones fast and furiously this past week, seeking to augment the four teams remaining in the circuit with expansion teams and maybe even some refugees from the independent Frontier League. A quiet week was actually pretty good news for Griffith: it mean that […]