OT: Minor League Parks

[vansaad]

I have been to four: three different stadiums hosting the Birmingham Barons, and the Memphis Redbirds current home.

My favorite, and the oldest in America, is Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Built in 1910, over 100 hall of famers have played there! Wagner, Cobb, Ruth, Robinson, Aaron, Mays and on and on. The list is staggering (https://www.rickwood.com/national-ba...e-members.html). And 105 years later they are still playing games there, albeit only one Barons game a year nowadays.

[BleedinBlue]

Let's see...

Lancaster Jethawks
New Britain Rock Cats
Connecticut Tigers
New Hampshire Fischer Cats
South Bend Silver Hawks
Breward County Manatees
Frederick Keys
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
AZL Dodgers
Adirondack Iron Birds

Looks like 10 for me. I won't count the VenturaCounty Gulls since they just played one season at the local JuCo. I've been to the park but never watched them play.

[glynparson]

to catch a game at the reading municipal stadium. It is truly a great park and one of the few bright spots the city of reading has to offer. Not a phillies phan but love catching a few games each year and the quality of the ball park food is usually very good. it is ballpark food though so I am talking hot dogs, burgers,etc. Great fan interaction and my daughter and wife both love going and niether are baseball fans. PS Yes I know they are technically named the Reading Fightin' Phils, They will always be The Reading Phillies to me.

[dougscats]

Brooklyn Cyclones,
Staten Island Yankees,

These are both spectacular venues for watching a game.
Both are relatively new and state of the art in design for the intimacy of a minor league park.
Staten Island is on the Hudson and offers an awesome view of the River with the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan in the background.
The Cyclones are right off the boardwalk in Coney Island, with all the lights and screaming of a roller-coaster and amusement park in the background, with the aroma of Nathan's in the air.
Both offer reasonable ticket prices [at least for New York], but are expensive on food/concessions.

I've been to a few others [Trenton, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach], but it was a long time ago.

[cool-vintage]

Nashville Sounds-Greer Stadium (AAA)
Kansas City T-Bones (American Association)

I have visited (wasn't able to see a game but would like to) Clemens Field which opened in 1939. It is home to the Hannibal Cavemen, a summer development league for college players.

[Section103]

Not that many for me:

Zephyr Field - New Orleans
Lamar University / Beaumont Golden Gators (now defunct)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Rosenblatt - Omaha

[bwbc917]

Saw the stadiums in Havana: Estadios Latinamericano
Holguin: Calixto Garcia
Matanzas: Victoria de Girone
Artemesia: ??? But great artwork outside, see below


Sculpture outside Estadio 26 de Julio at Artemisa, Cuba.jpg