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Hurricane Milton not only tore the roof off Tropicana Field: It upended all planning for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, potentially killing a St. Pete facility, and forcing the team to play the 2025 season at the minor-league Steinbrenner Field. When last we checked in, the Rays came to an agreement with St. Petersburg […]
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We lead the week with two big news stories from Houston. The second: The Astrodome Conservancy unveiled a new Astrodome redevelopment concept, as the nonprofit teams with Gensler Architects to create a sustainable business via adaptive reuse for the historic venue. The first dome in professional baseball and the NFL, the Astrodome was hailed as […]
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We lead the week with two big news stories from Houston. The first: The Houston Astros have sold naming rights to the former Minute Maid Park, leading to a new name of Daikin Park for the 2025 season through 2039. Japan-based Daikin Industries (DIL) is a large HVAC manufacturing firm with worldwide operations, employing over 98,000 around […]
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Capital City Stadium is one of the more historically interesting ballparks once part of Minor League Baseball. But as Columbia (S.C.) struggles to identify a future for the facility, one big question remains: Can this ballpark be saved? Capital City Stadium closed in 2020 after a long run as a Minor League Baseball and summer-collegiate […]
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Though this move was announced months ago, it’s still a slight shock to the heart of any baseball fan to realize that the Oakland Athletics are no more, replaced temporarily by a bare-boned Athletics moniker until the move to Las Vegas. The team didn’t really announce the dropping of Oakland formally, but a press release […]
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With the end of the 2024 baseball season nearing, we’re presenting our annual looks at attendance across the sport. We end our collegiate reporting with our listing of 2024 summer collegiate attendance ranked by average. We began with a list of 2024 summer collegiate attendance ranked by total attendance, followed by a listing of 2024 […]
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With the end of the 2024 baseball season nearing, we’re presenting our annual looks at attendance across the sport. We continue with our listing of 2024 summer collegiate attendance arranged by league. We began with a list of 2024 summer collegiate attendance ranked by total attendance. Following this listing of 2024 summer collegiate attendance will […]
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With the end of the 2024 baseball season nearing, we’re presenting our annual looks at attendance across the sport. We begin with our listing of 2024 summer collegiate attendance listed by total. This ranking of 2024 summer collegiate attendance is limited to teams that both report paid attendance and average more than 50 fans per […]
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We have an official release date for Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, of Feb. 4, 2025. But we have a surprise for Ballpark Digest readers and Friends of Steve: a December 1 presale that ships with an autographed bookplate. Steve, of course, is Stephen Dittmore, author of Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger. It’s a deeply […]
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With most of the Tropicana Field roof shredded by Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay Rays and Major League Baseball must address the team’s short-term and long-term needs for home play just five months before the 2025 regular season starts. Hurricane Milton was hailed as potentially one of the most devastating Florida storms in recent years, […]
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