MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALLTM · Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (2003) Principal Owner: Rochester Community Baseball, Inc. Team Value: As of July 2016, $27.5 million (Revenue: $8.5 million;

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALLTM

{Appendix 1.1, to Sports Facility Reports, Volume 20}

Research completed as of July 9, 2019

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (AAA)

Team: Buffalo Bisons

Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays (2013)

Principal Owner: Robert E. Rich, Jr.

Team Value As of July 2016, $34 million (Revenue: $12 million; Operating Income: $1.1

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @BuffaloBisons

Stadium: Sahlen Field

Date Built: 1988

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $42

Facility Financing: The State of New York contributed $22 million and various other public

entities paid for the remainder.

Facility Website

UPDATE: Wider seats were installed in the lower section of Sahlen Field prior to the 2019

season, further reducing seating capacity to 16,600.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Pilot Field. In 1995, the stadium was

renamed North AmeriCare Park. In 1998, Dunn Tire Corp. took over the remaining eight years

and $2.5 million on the naming rights contract with the City of Buffalo. Thus, the stadium was

renamed Dunn Tire Park. Then in 2008, the Bisons agreed to a ten-year naming rights deal with

the Coca-Cola Company. In 2018, a similar deal was signed with Sahlen Packing Company

through 2028.

https://law.marquette.edu/national-sports-law-institute/sports-facility-reports-volume-20-2019

http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t422

https://twitter.com/buffalobisons

https://www.milb.com/buffalo/ballpark/sahlen-field


Team: Charlotte Knights

Affiliate: Chicago White Sox (1999)

Principal Owner: Don Beaver & Bill Allen

Team Value: As of 2016, 47.5 million (Revenue: 17.0 million Operating Income : 5.0 million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @KnightsBaseball

Stadium: BB&T Ballpark

Date Built: 2014


Facility Financing: The City of Charlotte funded $7.25 million through hotel taxes, Center City

Partners funded $725,000, Mecklenburg County funded $8 million, and private investors funded

the rest.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In April 2012, the Knights announced that they had found a naming-rights

sponsor for the new stadium. BB&T Corporations signed an eighteen-year deal for an

undisclosed amount for the naming rights to the stadium beginning in 2014

Team: Columbus Clippers

Affiliate: Cleveland Indians (2009)

Principal Owner: Franklin County, Ohio

Team Value: As of July 2016, $41 million (Revenue: $13.5 million; Operating Income: $4.0

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @CLBClippers

Stadium: Huntington Park

Date Built: 2009


Facility Financing: The facility was financed by over $40 million in private funds, a $7 million

state grant, the proceeds of selling the previous stadium, and revenue from ticket and concession

sales.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2017, the Clippers hosted the 2018 AAA All-Star game and the 2018 AAA

National Championship Game.

NAMING RIGHTS: In February 2006, Huntington National Bank entered into a twenty-three-

year, $12 million naming rights agreement for the Clippers' new ballpark to be called Huntington

Park. Huntington Bancshares Inc., parent company of Huntington National Bank, agreed to a 6

year, $2.5 million extension of the naming rights lease, which will now end in 2022.

http://www.charlotteknights.com/

https://twitter.com/knightsbaseball

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20140422&content_id=73020552&sid=t494&vkey=team1

http://www.clippersbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/CLBClippers



Team: Durham Bulls

Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays (1998)

Principal Owner: Jim Goodmon (Capitol Broadcasting Co.)


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @DurhamBulls

Stadium: Durham Bulls Athletic Park

Date Built: 1995

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $18.5

Facility Financing: The facility was financed through the City of Durham issuing Certificates of

Participation in the amount of $10.97 million, taking out a $2.2 million loan from its water and

sewer fund implementing a twenty-five-cent surcharge on tickets, and receiving money from sky

box rentals.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the Durham Bulls Ballpark project chose four recipients for a $10,000

renovation of local parks.

The park has begun including more local vendors as of the 2018 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Team: Gwinnett Stripers

Affiliate: Atlanta Braves (1966)

Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves (Liberty Media)

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoStripers

Stadium: Coolray Field

Date Built: 2009


Facility Financing: The Gwinnett County incurred about $77.5 million of debt that will be paid

back over thirty years. Additionally, rental-car tax, as well as taxpayer money, have been

earmarked to pay off stadium debt.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the team changed its name based on a fan vote. The team had a contest in

June allowing fans to determine the name.

http://www.durhambulls.com/

https://twitter.com/DurhamBulls

http://www.milb.com/team2/page.jsp?ymd=20110817&content_id=23336674&vkey=team2_t234&fext=.jsp&sid=t234

http://www.gostripers.com/

https://twitter.com/GoStripers



NAMING RIGHTS: In 2010, the Gwinnett Braves signed a sixteen-year, $4.5 million naming-

rights agreement with Atlanta-based Coolray Heating & Cooling. The deal will expire in 2026

Team: Indianapolis Indians

Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates (2005)

Principal Owner: Indians, Inc.

Team Value: As of July 2016, $37.5 million (Revenue: $12 million; Operating Income: $1.6

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @Indyindians

Stadium: Victory Field

Date Built: 1996


Facility Financing: The City of Indianapolis’ Capital Improvement Board financed half of the

stadium costs and the Indians financed the other half through ticket sales and private fundraising.

Facility Website

UPDATE: Following recent approval from the Capital Improvement Board, the Indians are

moving forward with $8.3 million in upgrades which will include a 4,500-foot home plate club

seating over 200 guests and 3000 square feet of expansion for the administrative offices.

NAMING RIGHTS: The Indians have not sold the naming rights to Victory Field. Instead, the

stadium is called Victory Field to commemorate the U.S. victory in World War II.

Team: Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Affiliate: Philadelphia Phillies (2007)

Principal Owner: Joseph Finley and Craig Stein

Team Value: As of July 2016, $43 million (Revenue: $15 million; Operating Income: $4.1

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @IronPigs

Stadium: Coca-Cola Park

Date Built: 2008


Facility Financing: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania funded one-third of the cost while

Lehigh County funded the rest through the issuance of bonds and a hotel tax.

Facility Website

http://www.indyindians.com/

https://twitter.com/indyindians

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20140520&content_id=76100938&fext=.jsp&sid=t484&vkey=team1

http://www.ironpigsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/IronPigs



NAMING RIGHTS: In 2007, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs signed a ten-year naming rights

agreement with Coca-Cola with an additional five-year option. Financial details were not

disclosed. In 2015, the IronPigs extended the naming rights agreement with Coca Cola. The

naming rights lease will now be extended into 2027. Additional terms of the agreement were not

disclosed.

Team: Louisville Bats

Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds (2000)

Principal Owner: Stuart and Jerry Katzoff (MC Sports Acquisition, LLC)

Team Value: $36 million (as of July 2016) (Revenue: $12.5 million; Operating Income: $2.1

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @LouisvilleBats

Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field

Date Built: 2000

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $27.8 (initial), $40 (final)

Facility Financing: The field was financed through a partnership between the City of Louisville,

the Bats, Hillerich & Bradsby, the Brown Foundation, Humana Inc., and the Humana

Foundation. The field is now owned by the City of Norfolk.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of the famous Louisville Slugger baseball

bat, paid $2 million for lifetime naming rights to the Stadium.

Team: Norfolk Tides

Affiliate: Baltimore Orioles (2007)

Principal Owner: Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @NorfolkTides

Stadium: Harbor Park

Date Built: 1993


Facility Financing: Harbor Park was financed through rent from the Tides and revenue from

non-sports events held at the park.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the field added a four-tiered picnic area past the left-field fences and an

upgraded ticket office.

NAMING RIGHTS: Currently, no naming-rights agreement is in place.

http://www.batsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/LouisvilleBats

https://www.milb.com/louisville/ballpark/stadiumguide

http://www.norfolktides.com/

https://twitter.com/NorfolkTides

http://norfolk.tides.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081124&content_id=482553&vkey=ballpark_t568&fext=.jsp&sid=t568


Team: Pawtucket Red Sox

Affiliate: Boston Red Sox (1973)

Principal Owner: Larry Lucchino and partners


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @PawSox

Stadium: McCoy Stadium

Date Built: 1942


Facility Financing: $500,000 for the original stadium came from the federal government’s

WPA program. The rest of the funding came from other sources.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In August 2018, the team announced that they will move to Worcester,

Massachusetts in 2021.

As of 2019, Pawtucket has bids in place for an independent Atlantic League team.

NAMING RIGHTS: McCoy Stadium is named in honor of Thomas P. McCoy, former mayor of

Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The stadium was dedicated on June 6, 1946 and rededicated on July 5,

1992.

Team: Rochester Red Wings

Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (2003)

Principal Owner: Rochester Community Baseball, Inc.

Team Value: As of July 2016, $27.5 million (Revenue: $8.5 million; Operating Income: $0.4

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RocRedWings

Stadium: Frontier Field

Date Built: 1996


Facility Financing: The State of New York provided a $16 million grant toward construction

costs while Monroe County covered much of the rest of the expense with county-backed bonds.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 1996, Frontier Telephone entered into a twenty-year, $3.5 million

naming rights agreement. Frontier Communications extended its naming rights agreement with

http://www.pawsox.com/

https://twitter.com/PawSox

https://www.milb.com/pawtucket/ballpark/mccoy-stadium

http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/RocRedWings



Monroe County. Frontier Communications will pay $2.75 million. In 2015, an agreement was

reached to extend the agreement an additional ten years.

Team: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Affiliate: New York Yankees (2007)

Principal Owner: New York Yankees and SWB Yankees LLC


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @swbrailriders

Stadium: PNC Field

Date Built: 1989

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $25 ($43.3 renovation)

Facility Financing: Lackawanna County secured bonds for half of the costs, while a state

community grant fund overseen by Pennsylvania's Department of Community Affairs paid for

the rest.

Facility Website

UPDATE: PNC Field will host the 2020 AAA All-Star Game.

NAMING RIGHTS: On February 1, 2007, PNC Financial Services Group bought the naming

rights to Lackawanna County Stadium through the 2009 season from the county for nearly $1.1

million. PNC now has a yearly renewal option for up to an additional seven years.

Team: Syracuse Mets

Affiliate: New York Mets (2019)

Principal Owner: New York Mets

Team Website

TWITTER: @SyracuseMets

Stadium: NBT Bank Stadium

Date Built: 1997


Facility Financing: $16 million came from New York state taxpayers. $6.6 million came from

Onogonda County, $4 million from the Syracuse Chiefs, and $1 million from the Toronto Blue

Jackets.

Facility Website

UPDATE: As part of a twenty-five year deal with NBT Banks Stadium, there will be over $26

million worth of upgrades coming to the facility. This includes and is not limited to clubhouse


https://twitter.com/swbrailriders


https://www.milb.com/syracuse

https://twitter.com/SyracuseMets

http://www.onondagacountyparks.com/parks/nbt-bank-stadium/


upgrades, seat replacements in the upper and lower bowls, entryway improvements, lighting and

audio system upgrades, and a complete reconfiguration of the concourse and concession stands.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named P&C Stadium after the regional brand

of supermarkets that are run by Syracuse-based Penn Traffic Corporation. However, in

September 2004, Penn Traffic was released from its naming-right contract due to its bankruptcy.

In 2005, Alliance Bank signed a twenty-year, $2.8 million naming-rights deal with the Syracuse

Chiefs. The deal is set to expire after the 2025 season. In 2013, the stadium’s name was

changed to NBT Bank Stadium after the merger of Alliance Bank into NBT Bank.

Team: Toledo Mud Hens

Affiliate: Detroit Tigers (1987)

Principal Owner: Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club, Inc.

Team Value: $35.5 million (Revenue: $12.5 million; Operating Income: $2.7 million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @MudHens

Stadium: Fifth Third Field

Date Built: 2002


Facility Financing: The financing structure relied on a series of private revenues including

naming rights, advertising and sponsorship, and premium seating sales.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2016, Hensville officially opened on opening day. Hensville is an entertainment

area right outside Fifth Third Field. There are restaurants, shops, bars in the entertainment area.

Fans also have the ability to watch home games from Hensville’s rooftop.

NAMING RIGHTS: The Toledo Mud Hens have a fifteen-year, $5 million naming rights deal

with Fifth Third Bank that will expire after the 2016 season. Fifth Third Bank has decided to

extend their naming rights agreement with the Toledo Mud Hens. The new agreement is for 12

years and will last through 2028. The financial portion of the agreement was not revealed.

http://www.mudhens.com/

https://twitter.com/MudHens



MEXICAN LEAGUE (AAA)

Team: Rieleros de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes Railroad

Workers)

Principal Owner: Victor Manuel López López, Julio Diaz Torre Llamas, Llamas Torre Jaime

Diaz, Rodolfo Landeros Verdugo, Ricardo Ibarra and Joseph Eustace Lomelín Alvarez Flores

(c/o Contructora Maiz Mier)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RielerosDeAgs

Stadium: Parque Alberto Romo Chávez

Date Built: 1938

Facility Website: N/A

UPDATE: The park will be demolished at the end of the 2019 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: Named for former Mexican League pitcher Alberto Romo Chávez.

Team: Piratas de Campeche (Campeche Pirates)

Principal Owner: Alvaro Lebrija

Team Website

TWITTER: @PiratasCompeche

Stadium: Estadio Nelson Barrera Romellón

Date Built: 2001


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the Mexican League’s home run king, Nelson

Barrera.

Team: Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Dos Loredos Owls)

Principal Owner: José Antonio Galán Mansur

Team Website

TWITTER: @LaredosTecos

Stadium: Parque la Junta and Uni-Trade Stadium

Date Built: 1947 and 2011

Facility Cost: ($/Mil): N/A

http://www.rielerosags.com/

http://www.twitter.com/RielerosDeAgs

http://www.piratasdecampeche.mx/index.htm

http://www.twitter.com/PiratasCompeche

http://rojosdelaguila.com/

http://www.twitter.com/LaredosTecos


UPDATE: After the 2017 season, the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz franchise was relocated to

Nuevo Laredo and renamed. They split their home games between the two parks.

NAMING RIGHTS: N/A

Team: Generales de Durrango (Durango Generals)

Principal Owner: Virgilio Ruiz Issasi

Team Website

TWITTER: @GeneralesdDgo

Stadium: Estadio Francisco Villa

Date Built: 1986


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after former revolutionary general Francisco

‘Pancho’ Villa.

Team: Algondoneros de Union Laguna (Laguna Union Cotton Farmers)

Principal Owner: Francisco Javier Orozco

Team Website

TWITTER: @AlgondonerosUL

Stadium: Estadio de la Revolución

Date Built: 1932


UPDATE: The franchise restores its name from Vaqueros Union Laguna to Algodoneros de

Union Laguna, the name originally founded in 1940. Subsequently, the team changed their colors

back.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named to commemorate the 1910–1920 Mexican

Revolution.

http://www.generalesbeisbol.com.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/generalesdDgo


http://www.twitter.com/AlgondonerosUL


Team: Bravos de León (León Braves)

Principal Owner: Mauricio Martínez Alvizu

Team Website

TWITTER: @NacimosBravos

Stadium: Estadio Domingo Santana

Date Built: 1973


NAMING RIGHTS: N/A

Team: Diablos Rojos del Mexico (Mexico City Red Devils)

Principal Owner: Alfredo Harp Helú

Team Website

TWITTER: @DiablosRojoxMX

Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu

Date Built: 2019


UPDATE: The Red Devils announced in March 2017 that their new stadium would be

completed by July 2017 but was not opened until for 2019.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the team owner.

Team: Acereros de Monclova (Monclova Steelers)

Principal Owner: Lic. Gerardo Benavides Pape

Team Website

TWITTER: @AcererosOficial

Stadium: Estadio Monclova

Date Built: 1975

UPDATE: In February 2017, the grandson of the team founder purchased the team.

NAMING RIGHTS: N/A



http://www.twitter.com/NacimosBravos

http://www.diablos.com.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/DiablosRojoxMX

http://www.acereros.com.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/AcererosOficial


Team: Sultanes de Monterrey (Monterrey Sultans)

Principal Owner: José Maiz García y Grupo Multimedios

Team Website

TWITTER: @SultanesOficial

Stadium: Estadio Monterrey

Date Built: 1990

NAMING RIGHTS: N/A

Team: Guerreros de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Warriors)

Principal Owner: Alfredo Harp Helú

Team Website

TWITTER: @GuerrerosOax

Stadium: Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos

Date Built: 1950 (renovated 1996 and 2008)


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after former Governor of Oaxaca, Eduardo

Vasconcelos.

Team: Pericos de Puebla (Puebla Parrots)

Principal Owner: Mota-Engil Mexico

Team Website

TWITTER: @Pericos_Oficial

Stadium: Estadio Hermanos Serdán

Date Built: 1973 (renovated 2006)

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named to honor the Serdán brothers, politicians who died

in 1910 in Puebla at the start of the Mexican revolution.

http://www.sultanes.com.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/SultanesOficial

http://www.guerreros.mx/home.php

http://www.twitter.com/GuerrerosOax

http://www.pericosdepuebla.com.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/Pericos_Oficial

http://www.pericosdepuebla.com.mx/historia-y-ficha-tecnica/


Team: Tigres de Quintana Roo (Quintana Roo Tigers)

Principal Owner: Fernando Valenzuela y Linda Burgos

Team Website

TWITTER: @TigresOficial

Stadium: Estadio Beto Ávila

Date Built: 1980


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after former Mexican League and Major League

Baseball star Beto Ávila.

Team: Saraperos de Saltillo (Saltillo Saraperos)

Principal Owner: Alejandro Garza Díaz

Team Website

TWITTER: @OficialSarapero

Stadium: Estadio Francisco I. Madero


Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after Francisco I. Madero, a Coahuila native, who

served as President of Mexico from 1911–1913.

Team: Olmecas de Tabasco (Tabasco Olmecs)

Principal Owner: Juan Carlos Manzar (President)

Team Website

TWITTER: @OlmecasTabasco

Stadium: Parque Centenario 27 de Febrero

Date Built: 1964

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium’s name comes from the stadium opening on the 100-year

anniversary of the expulsion of French troops that invaded Mexico.

http://tigresqr.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/tigresoficial


http://www.twitter.com/OficialSarapero

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120316&content_id=27354996&vkey=news_t502&fext=.jsp&sid=t502

http://www.olmecastabasco.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/OlmecasTabasco


Team: Toros de Tijuana (Tijuana Bulls)

Principal Owner: Alberto Uribe Maytorena

Team Website

TWITTER: @LigaMexBeis

Stadium: Estadio Chevron

Date Built: 1976

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Chevron purchased the stadium’s naming rights in 2019.

Team: Leones de Yucatan (Yucatan Lions)

Principal Owner: Juan José and Erick Ernesto Arellano Hernández (ARHE Gustavo Ricalde

Puerto Group)

Team Website

TWITTER: @LeonesOficial

Stadium: Parque Kukulcán Alamo

Date Built: 1982


NAMING RIGHTS: In June 2015, the Lions sold the naming rights of the stadium to Alamo

Rent-A-Car Company, but the details of the agreement were not available. As of 2019, the

stadium is named for Kukulkan, the Mayan serpent diety.

http://www.torosdetijuana.com/

http://www.twitter.com/LigaMexBeis

http://www.torosdetijuana.com/?page_id=6665/

http://www.leonesdeyucatan.com.mx/

http://www.twitter.com/LeonesOficial


PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (AAA)

Team: Albuquerque Isotopes

Affiliate: Colorado Rockies (2015)

Principal Owner: Albuquerque Baseball Club, LLC

Team Value (as of July 2016): $34 million (Revenue: $12.5 million; Operating Income: $1.9

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ABQTopes

Stadium: Isotopes Park

Date Built: 2003


Facility Financing: $10 million in general-obligation bonds and a $15 million loan from the

New Mexico Finance Authority

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Isotopes have extended their player-development contract with the Rockies

through the 2022 seaosn.

NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming-rights agreements for Isotopes Park.

Team: San Antonio Missions

Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers (2019)

Principal Owner: David G. Elmore (Elmore Group, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @missionsmilb

Stadium: Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium

Date Built: 1994


Facility Financing: N/A

Facility Website

UPDATE: On June 21, 2017, team owner David G. Elmore announced the relocation of the

Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League to San Antonio in 2019. The

team would continue use of the Missions nickname, effectively elevating San Antonio to a

Triple-A franchise.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named for a former Texas legislator and councilman.

http://www.albuquerquebaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/ABQTopes

http://albuquerque.isotopes.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081103&content_id=476889&vkey=ballpark_t342&fext=.jsp&sid=t342

https://www.milb.com/san-antonio

https://twitter.com/missionsmilb

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=t510&ymd=20060318&content_id=48476&vkey=team2


Team: El Paso Chihuahuas

Affiliate: San Diego Padres (2001)

Principal Owner: Alejandra de la Vega Foster, Paul Foster, Josh Hunt, and Woody Hunt

(MountainStar Sports Group)

Team Value (as of July 2016): $38.5 million (Revenue: $14 million; Operating Income: $2.4

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @epchihuahuas

Stadium: Southwest University Park

Date Built: 2014


Facility Financing: Publicly financed through city-issued bonds paid back through a hotel

occupancy tax, rent payments by owners, ticket sales, and parking revenue.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In March 2014, the Chihuahuas signed a twenty-year naming rights

agreement with Southwest University to name the stadium Southwest University Park. The

terms of the deal were not released.

Team: Fresno Grizzlies

Affiliate: Washington Nationals (2019)

Principal Owner: Fresno Sports & Events

Team Website

TWITTER: @FresnoGrizzlies

Stadium: Chukchansi Park

Date Built: 2002


Facility Financing: The stadium was publicly financed through city redevelopment agency-

issued bonds.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2019, the Grizzlies affiliation was not renewed by the Astros, and the Nationals

became the new player-development partner.

The club announced in 2019 that the organization would be following a $3.4 million renovation

project highlighting fan seating, safety, the right center field, a splash zone, a suite section, and

$200,000 set aside to improve concessions.


https://twitter.com/epchihuahuas

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20140412&content_id=71857664&fext=.jsp&sid=t4904&vkey=

http://www.fresnogrizzlies.com/

https://twitter.com/FresnoGrizzlies

https://www.milb.com/fresno/ballpark/chukchansi-park


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Grizzlies Stadium. On September 13,

2006, the Fresno Grizzlies announced a fifteen-year, $16 million naming rights deal for Grizzlies

Stadium with Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino to rename the stadium Chukchansi Park. The

deal results in an obligation of $1 million per year over the life of the agreement. In addition, $1

million of the total investment will be funded in the first year for stadium capital improvements

and deferred maintenance.

Team: Iowa Cubs

Affiliate: Chicago Cubs (1981)

Principal Owner: Marty Pevey


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @IowaCubs

Stadium: Principal Park

Date Built: 1992



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In August 2004, the Principal Financial Group, Inc. bought the naming

rights to Sec Taylor Stadium for $2.5 million and changed the name to Principal Park. In 2017,

the naming rights were extended for another 10 years, through the 2027.

Team: Las Vegas Aviators

Affiliate: Oakland Athletics (2019)

Principal Owner: Steve Mack, Bart Wear, and Chris Kaempfer (Summerlin Las Vegas

Baseball, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @AviatorsLV

Stadium: Las Vegas Ballpark

Date Built: 2018


Facility Financing: $80 million was publicly financed, and the remainder privately funded by

the Howard Hughes corporation.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: N/A

http://www.iowacubs.com/

https://twitter.com/IowaCubs


https://www.milb.com/las-vegas

https://twitter.com/AviatorsLV

https://www.thelvballpark.com/


Team: Memphis Redbirds

Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (1998)

Principal Owner: Peter Freund

Team Website

TWITTER: @memphisredbirds

Stadium: AutoZone Park

Date Built: 2000


Facility Financing: Privately financed through the issuance of $72 million in tax-exempt bonds

by the Center City Revenue Finance Corp, which are being repaid with a sales tax rebate for

items sold in the ballpark; Memphis and Shelby County each chipped in $4.25 million to buy the

land and clear utilities.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Memphis Redbirds completed nearly $2 million in upgrades making the facility

conducive to both soccer and baseball.

NAMING RIGHTS: AutoZone entered into a twenty-five-year, $4.3 million naming rights deal

with the Memphis Redbirds that runs through the 2024 season. The City of Memphis now owns

AutoZone Park. The city bought the park for $36 million which includes financing and $4.5

million in improvements to the stadium. AutoZone will still pay $100,000 for ten years of

naming rights.

Team: Nashville Sounds

Affiliate: Texas Rangers (2019)

Principal Owner: Frank Ward (MFP Baseball)

Team Value: As of July 2016, $30.5 million (Revenue: $13.5 million; Operating Income: $0.3

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @nashvillesounds

Stadium: First Tennessee Park

Date Built: 2014


Facility Financing: The project was a public-private partnership. The Metro Sports Authority

originally approved the sale of $65 million worth of municipal revenue bonds to pay for the

project, which includes a $38 million stadium, $23 million land acquisition, and $5 million

capitalized interest during construction. The city will own the stadium and lease it to the Sounds

through 2045.

Facility Website

http://www.memphisredbirds.com/

https://twitter.com/memphisredbirds

https://www.milb.com/memphis/ballpark/autozone-park

https://www.milb.com/nashville

https://twitter.com/nashvillesounds

https://www.milb.com/nashville/ballpark/ballparkguide


NAMING RIGHTS: First Tennessee Bank signed a ten-year naming partnership with the

Sounds for the new park, with an option to extend for another ten years. Financial terms of the

deal were not released.

Team: New Orleans Baby Cakes

Affiliate: Miami Marlins (2009)

Principal Owner: Lou Schwechheimer (Yes2No, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @cakesbaseball

Stadium: Shrine on Airline

Date Built: 1997


Facility Financing: The state of Louisiana funded $21 million as part of a capital outlay bill and

ownership funded $5 million for amenities.


UPDATE: Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell announced that the New Orleans Baby Cakes move

into a new ballpark in his city in 2020 with a Southern League team expected to move to New

Orleans at the same time.

NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming-rights agreements in place.

Team: Oklahoma City Dodgers

Affiliate: Los Angeles Dodgers (2015)

Principal Owner: Mandalay Baseball Properties and Los Angeles Dodgers


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @okc_dodgers

Stadium: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark

Date Built: 1998


Facility Financing: Funded by a temporary one-cent sales tax approved by city voters in

December 1993 as part of the Metropolitan Area Projects Plan (MAPS).

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Dodgers unveiled a COOP Beer Garden during the 2018 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Southwestern Bell Park when it

opened, but after five weeks, that name was withdrawn after public criticism. The stadium was

http://www.zephyrsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/cakesbaseball


https://twitter.com/okc_dodgers

https://twitter.com/okc_dodgers

https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city/ballpark/chickasaw-bricktown-ballpark


then rebranded as Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark. The park was again renamed in 2002

when it became known as SBC Bricktown Ballpark. In 2006, AT&T paid an undisclosed sum for

ten years to rename the park A&T Bricktown Ballpark. The naming rights deal with AT&T

ended after the team was sold to Mandalay in 2010, and the ballpark was renamed RedHawks

Field at Bricktown. In April 2012, a naming rights agreement was entered into with Newcastle

Casino, owned by the Chickasaw Nation, to change the stadium’s name to Newcastle Field at

Bricktown; however, the public was outraged when they found out the signage that was to be

erected at the park had the word “Casino” in small, faint letters to the right just under the word

“Newcastle.” As a result, the stadium’s name was once again changed, this time to Chickasaw

Bricktown Ballpark.

Team: Omaha Storm Chasers

Affiliate: Kansas City Royals (1969)

Principal Owner: Gary Green, Larry Botel, Eric Foss, Brian Callaghan, Peter Huff, Evan Friend

and Stephen Alepa (Alliance Baseball Omaha LLC)

Team Value (as of July 2016): $27 million (Revenue: $9 million; Operating Income: -$0.8

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @OMAStormChasers

Stadium: Werner Park

Date Built: 2011


Facility Financing: Sarpy County issued bonds totaling $27,055,000 and the team contributed

$2.35 million. The county's bond debt will be primarily paid off through rent collected from the

Storm Chasers, sales taxes generated at the ballpark, a portion of sales at the ballpark, a hotel tax,

and a fifty-cent ticket surcharge on selected seats.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2019, the park opened a premium club open to the season ticketholders.

Additionally, an area near the first base line was designated for fans to interact with the mascots

during the game, and more than a dozen 55-inch high-definition televisions were added to the

concourse.

NAMING RIGHTS: Werner Enterprises, a trucking and logistics firm and long-time sponsor of

the team, agreed to a naming-rights deal for $305,000 per year over five years with an option to

extend the deal. In May 2014, Werner exercised their option to extend the deal until 2020.

https://www.milb.com/omaha

https://twitter.com/OMAStormChasers

https://www.milb.com/omaha/ballpark/werner-park


Team: Reno Aces

Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (1998)

Principal Owner: Stuart Katzoff, Jerry Katzoff, Herb Simon, and Steve Simon (SK Baseball,

LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @Aces

Stadium: Greater Nevada Field

Date Built: 2009


Facility Financing: Publicly financed by the City of Reno and Washoe County and privately

financed by the Aces

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2016, the Greater Nevada Credit Union bought the naming rights to

Aces Stadium. The ballpark will now be known as Greater Nevada Field. The naming rights

agreement is for 15 years. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Team: Round Rock Express

Affiliate: Houston Astros (2019)

Principal Owner: Nolan Ryan, Reid Ryan, Don Sanders, Reese Ryan, Eddie Maloney, Bret

Sanders and Brad Sanders (Ryan-Sanders Baseball)


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RRExpress

Stadium: The Dell Diamond

Date Built: 2000


Facility Financing: The City of Round Rock contributed $8.4 million from revenue bonds

backed by their hotel-motel tax and Ryan-Sanders Baseball funded the rest.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2019, the Diamond added a full-service bar and restaurant with an interactive

experience for fans located beyond the outfield wall. This bar includes an augmented reality

experience allowing users to take swings.

NAMING RIGHTS: In January 2000, Dell Computer Corporation signed a fifteen-year, $2.5

million deal for naming rights to the stadium. In 2012, Dell Computers renewed its naming-

rights deal for an additional ten years. The deal is set to expire after the 2023 season.

https://www.milb.com/reno

https://twitter.com/Aces

https://greaternevadafield.com/

http://www.roundrockexpress.com/

https://twitter.com/RRExpress

https://www.milb.com/round-rock/ballpark/navigation


Team: Sacramento River Cats

Affiliate: San Francisco Giants (2015)

Principal Owner: Susan Savage

Team Value (as of July 2016): $49 million ($20 million in revenue; $5.6 million in operating

income)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RiverCats

Stadium: Raley Field

Date Built: 2000


Facility Financing: Constructed with bonds from the River City Stadium Financing Authority

and paid back from concession, ticket, advertising, and other ballpark revenues.

Facility Website

UPDATE: A new videoboard and extended protective netting were added in 2019 to the field.

NAMING RIGHTS: Raley's, a regional supermarket chain, has a twenty-year, $15 million

naming-rights deal with the River Cats.

Team: Salt Lake Bees

Affiliate: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2001)

Principal Owner: Gail Miller (Miller Sports Properties)

Team Value (as of July 2016): $30.5 million (Revenue: $11.5 million; Operating Income: $0.9

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @SaltLakeBees

Stadium: Smith’s Ballpark

Date Built: 1994


Facility Financing: 93% publicly financed by the Salt Lake City General Fund and the

Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Franklin Quest Field after Franklin

Quest Company signed a fifteen-year, $1.4 million for the naming rights agreement with the

Bees. In 1997, the stadium’s name was changed to Franklin Covey Field after Franklin Quest

merged with the Covey Leadership Center becoming Franklin Covey. In 2009, the Bees signed a

five-year naming rights agreement with Spring Mobile to rename the stadium Spring Mobile

Ballpark. In March 2014, Smith's Food & Drug Stores Inc. signed a six-year naming rights

http://www.rivercats.com/

https://twitter.com/RiverCats

http://www.raleyfield.com/

http://www.slbees.com/

https://twitter.com/SaltLakeBees

http://saltlake.bees.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090123&content_id=499667&vkey=ballpark_t561&fext=.jsp&sid=t561


agreement with the Bees to rename the stadium Smith’s Ballpark. The terms of the deal were not

disclosed.

Team: Tacoma Rainiers

Affiliate: Seattle Mariners (1995)

Principal Owner: Mikal Thomsen (The Baseball Club of Tacoma)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RainiersLand

Stadium: Cheney Stadium

Date Built: 1960


Facility Financing: Publicly financed by the city while Ben Cheney provided $100,000 for cost

overruns.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The reserve team of the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer, known at the time

as Seattle Sounders FC 2, moved to Cheney Stadium in 2018. The team rebranded as the Tacoma

Defiance in 2019 but maintained the Sounders affiliation. The club plans to build their own

soccer-specific stadium in a nearby parking lot with assistance from the Rainiers and aims to

open the new ground in 2021. Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League announced

their move to Cheney Stadium in 2019, and will join the Defiance at the new stadium.

NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark is named for Tacoma businessman Ben Cheney, who was

instrumental in bringing a Pacific Coast League team to Tacoma.

http://www.tacomarainiers.com/

https://twitter.com/RainiersLand

https://www.milb.com/tacoma/ballpark/cheney-stadium


EASTERN LEAGUE (AA)

Team: Akron RubberDucks


Principal Owner: Ken Babby

Team Website

TWITTER: @AkronRubberDuck

Stadium: Canal Park

Date Built: 1997


Facility Financing: $29.65 million from the City of Akron and $5.65 million from the State of

Ohio’s capital budget.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the team extended their netting to the far end of both dugouts.

Canal Park also received new LED lighting installations prior to the 2019 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: The Ohio and Erie Canal runs behind the left-field wall of the stadium, so

the stadium is named Canal Park.

Team: Altoona Curve


Principal Owner: Bob and Joan Lozinak

Team Website

TWITTER: @AltoonaCurve

Stadium: Peoples Natural Gas Field

Date Built: 1999


Facility Financing: $10.8 million from the State of Pennsylvania.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Blair County Ballpark. In January

2012, the Altoona Curve and Peoples Natural Gas entered into a naming-rights agreement. The

terms of the deal have not been released.

http://www.akronaeros.com/

https://twitter.com/AkronRubberDuck


http://www.altoonacurve.com/

https://twitter.com/AltoonaCurve

https://www.milb.com/altoona/ballpark


Team: Binghamton Rumble Ponies


Principal Owner: Evans Street Baseball (John Hughes)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RumblePoniesBB

Stadium: NYSEG Stadium

Date Built: 1992


Facility Financing: $1.4 million of funding came from New York’s Urban Development

Corporation and the rest was funded by the New York Mets.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The team announced $5.1 million worth of upgrades for 2019 and exercised an

option to extend their lease through 2026. Additionally, the team extended their player

development contract with the New York Mets through the 2022 season.

The stadium upgrades will focus on the building’s infrastructure and work to enhance the overall

fan experience. This will include new seats, system upgrades, turf replacement, new video

boards, a new sound system, renovated clubhouse, new fencing, and new netting.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Binghamton Municipal Stadium. In

2001, New York State Electric and Gas signed a naming-rights agreement with the Mets to name

the stadium NYSEG Stadium. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Team: Bowie Baysox


Principal Owner: Ken Young (Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @BowieBaysox

Stadium: Prince George's Stadium

Date Built: 1994



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The team announced in 2016 that it would sell the naming rights to the

stadium. To date, however, no partnership has been agreed to.

http://www.bmets.com/

https://twitter.com/RumblePoniesBB

https://www.milb.com/binghamton/ballpark/

http://www.baysox.com/

https://twitter.com/BowieBaysox



Team: Erie SeaWolves


Principal Owner: Fernando Aguirre

Team Website

TWITTER: @erie_seawolves

Stadium: UPMC Park

Date Built: 1995


Facility Financing: $8 million came from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The City of

Erie, Erie County, and Team Eria each donated $300,000, and Millcreek Township gave

$25,000.

Facility Website

UPDATE: Prior to the 2019 season, the SeaWolves added Augmented Reality to UPMC Park.

NAMING RIGHTS: In September 2016, the Seawolves and UPMC signed a 5-year initial

agreement for naming rights.

Team: Harrisburg Senators


Principal Owner: Mark Butler (Senators Partners, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @HbgSenators

Stadium: FNB Field

Date Built: 1987


Facility Financing: Publicly funded

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Riverside Stadium. In 2004,

Commerce Bank signed a fifteen-year, $3.5 million naming rights deal with the Harrisburg

Senators for the stadium to be renamed Commerce Bank Park. In 2009, the stadium’s name was

changed to Metro Bank Park after Commerce Bank and Republic First Bank merged to form

Metro Bank. Metro Bank Park is now called FNB Field. First National Bank merged with Metro

Bank’s Parent Company, Metro Bancorp, Inc. First National Bank will stick with the current

naming rights agreement that is currently in place. In 2018, the Senators and FNB extended these

rights for ten years.

http://www.seawolves.com/

https://twitter.com/erie_seawolves

http://erie.seawolves.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090219&content_id=512442&vkey=ballpark_t106&fext=.jsp&sid=t106

http://www.senatorsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/HbgSenators

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Team: Hartford Yard Goats


Principal Owner: Josh Soloman, Jim Soloman, and Jennifer Goorno

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoYardGoats

Stadium: Dunkin Donuts Park

Date Built: 2017


Facility Financing: The stadium is completely taxpayer funded.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The first phase of a development deal will be completed by 2020. This deal will bring

around 200 mixed-income apartments, 11,000 square feet of retail and community space, and a

250-space parking garage on land beyond the Park’s wall.

NAMING RIGHTS: Dunkin’ Donuts bought the naming rights to the new stadium in Hartford.

The terms of the naming rights agreement were not disclosed. The Dunkin’ Donuts name and

logo will be on prominent signage and the logo will also be on the outfield grass.

Team: New Hampshire Fisher Cats


Principal Owner: Art Solomon (DSF Sports)

Team Website

TWITTER: @FisherCats

Stadium: Northeast Delta Dental Stadium

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: The City of Manchester officials financed the venture with $27.5 million in

municipal bonds

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Fisher Cats Ballpark. In 2006, the

stadium was renamed Merchantsauto.com Stadium. Beginning in 2011, the stadium was

renamed Northeast Delta Dental Stadium after Northeast Delta Dental signed a ten-year naming

rights agreement with the Fisher Cats. The agreement includes a five-year option, but financial

details were not disclosed.

http://www.rockcats.com/

https://twitter.com/GoYardGoats


http://www.nhfishercats.com/

https://twitter.com/FisherCats



Team: Portland Sea Dogs


Principal Owner: Bill Burke

Team Website

TWITTER: @PortlandSeaDogs

Stadium: Hadlock Field

Date Built: 1994



Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the Sea Dogs announced skyboxes would be renamed after Portland greats,

additional menu and beer items would be added, and netting would be extended

NAMING RIGHTS: Hadlock Field is named after Edson Hadlock, Jr., a baseball coach at

Portland High School from 1950–1978.

Team: Reading Fightin Phils


Principal Owner: Philadelphia Phillies


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ReadingFightins

Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium

Date Built: 1951


Facility Financing: Publicly financed by the City of Reading

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Reading Municipal Memorial Stadium.

FirstEnergy. In 1999, the major utility provider in Pennsylvania GPU, Inc. signed a fifteen-year

naming rights deal with the Fightin Phils to rename the stadium GPU Stadium. In November

2001, FirstEnergy Corp. acquired GPU, Inc. As a result, before the 2002 season, the stadium

was renamed FirstEnergy Stadium.

http://www.portlandseadogs.com/

https://twitter.com/PortlandSeaDogs

http://portland.seadogs.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081218&content_id=488539&vkey=ballpark_t546&fext=.jsp&sid=t546

http://www.readingphillies.com/

https://twitter.com/ReadingFightins



Team: Richmond Flying Squirrels


Principal Owner: Lou DiBella


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoSquirrels

Stadium: The Diamond

Date Built: 1985


Facility Financing: $4 million combined from Henrico and Chesterfield Counties paid for the

facility, and $4 million was funded from the public sector and private sector.

Facility Website

UPDATE: Leading up to the 2018 season, the Flying Squirrels made improvements to the

Diamond including upgrades to the lighting and sound system.

The team is looking for a new ballpark.

NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.

Team: Trenton Thunder


Principal Owner: Joe Plumeri, Joe Finley, and Joe Caruso (Garden State Baseball, LP)


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TrentonThunder

Stadium: Arm & Hammer Park

Date Built: 1994


Facility Financing: It was fully funded by Mercer County with a loan from the State of New

Jersey and city-issued bonds. To pay off the debt, the County raised property taxes and collected

$1 from each ticket sold.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the team elected to upgrade the luxury suites, restroom facilities, a new

picnic area, and new menu items at the concession stands.

https://www.milb.com/richmond

https://twitter.com/GoSquirrels


http://www.trentonthunder.com/

https://twitter.com/TrentonThunder



NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Mercer County Waterfront Park. In

2012, Church & Dwight Co. purchased the naming rights under a twenty-year deal. The stadium

is now called Arm & Hammer Park. The details of the deal were not disclosed.


SOUTHERN LEAGUE (AA)

Team: Biloxi Shuckers


Principal Owner: Ken Young

Team Website

TWITTER: @BiloxiShuckers

Stadium: MGM Park

Date Built: 2015


Facility Financing: $21 million in city-issued bonds and $15 million from a BP grant, pledged

by Gov. Phil Bryant, are funding the $36 million project.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: MGM Resorts International purchased the naming rights for the Biloxi

ballpark in the fall of 2014. The agreement is scheduled to cover twenty years, but the financial

details were not available. Additionally, the naming rights for the playing field were sold to

American Star Vodka. This deal is for twenty years and will include annual payments of

$50,000.

Team: Birmingham Barons


Principal Owner: Don Logan, Jeff Logan, and Stan Logan (Birmingham Barons, LLC)


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @BhamBarons

Stadium: Regions Field

Date Built: 2013


Facility Financing: The projct was publicly funded by Birmingham through a 3.5% increase in

the city’s lodging tax.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In early 2013, Regions Financial Corporation agreed to be the title sponsor

of the new ballpark for twenty years. The deal is allegedly a $500,000 per year deal for naming

rights of the park.


https://twitter.com/BiloxiShuckers


http://www.barons.com/

https://twitter.com/BhamBarons



Team: Chattanooga Lookouts


Principal Owner: Jason Freier and John Woods (Hardball Capital Group)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ChattLookouts

Stadium: AT&T Field

Date Built: 2000


Facility Financing: The project was privately financed by the Lookouts ownership


NAMING RIGHTS: BellSouth entered into a ten-year, $1 million deal with the Chattanooga

Lookouts in 1999 for the naming rights to their new stadium. On March 15, 2007, the Lookouts

unveiled a new name and logo for their ballpark. The name of the ballpark was changed from

BellSouth Park to AT&T Field to reflect the merger between AT&T and BellSouth Corp. No

information on an extension to the deal has been released, but the stadium name remains

unchanged.

Team: Jackson Generals


Principal Owner: Jackson Baseball Club LP

Team Website

TWITTER: @jacksongenerals

Stadium: The Ballpark at Jackson

Date Built: 1998


Facility Financing: The City of Jackson issued general obligation bonds.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Proctor & Gamble signed a fifteen-year, $1.2 million naming rights deal

with the then West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in 1998. Proctor & Gamble named the new stadium

Pringles Park after its Pringles potato chips product. It was the first naming-rights deal on the

AA level. After the Generals and Proctor & Gamble failed to negotiate a new naming-rights

deal, the park was renamed The Ballpark at Jackson. As of 2013, the stadium is now going by

the name The Ballpark at Jackson.

http://www.lookouts.com/

https://twitter.com/ChattLookouts

http://www.diamondjaxx.com/

https://twitter.com/jacksongenerals



Team: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

Affiliate: Florida Marlins (2009)

Principal Owner: Ken Babby


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @JaxShrimp

Stadium: Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville

Date Built: 2003


Facility Financing: The stadium was publicly financed by the City of Jacksonville through taxes

as part of the “Better Jacksonville Plan.”

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was renamed Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds of

Jacksonville after the death of the Suns’ longtime owner Peter Bragan, Sr. in July 2012.

Team: Mississippi Braves


Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves (Liberty Media)

Team Website

TWITTER: @mbraves

Stadium: Trustmark Park

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: The Park was built with private money as a part of a large, mixed-use

development.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Trustmark entered into a fifteen-year naming rights agreement with the

Mississippi Braves for their new stadium, Trustmark Park, in 2005. The price paid by Trustmark

is unknown.

http://www.jaxsuns.com/

https://twitter.com/jacksongenerals

https://www.milb.com/jacksonville/ballpark/

http://www.mississippibraves.com/

https://twitter.com/mbraves

http://mississippi.braves.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081113&content_id=480564&vkey=ballpark_t430&fext=.jsp&sid=t430


Team: Mobile BayBears

Affiliate: Los Angeles Angles (2017)

Principal Owner: Ralph Nelson

Team Website

TWITTER: @Mobile_BayBears

Stadium: Hank Aaron Stadium

Date Built: 1997


Facility Financing: Former franchise owner Eric Margenau paid $4 million and the City of

Mobile matched the contribution.

Facility Website

UPDATE: Following the 2019 season, the BayBears will relocate to Madison, Alabama. The

stadium is currently owned by the City of Mobile but sits on privately owned land upon which

the owner may terminate the lease. Due to the team’s imminent departure, the stadium will likely

be demolished.

NAMING RIGHTS: Hank Aaron Stadium is named after Mobile native Hank Aaron, MLB's

former all-time home run leader.

Team: Montgomery Biscuits


Principal Owner: Lou DiBella

Team Website

TWITTER: @BiscuitBaseball

Stadium: Riverwalk Stadium

Date Built: 2004


Facility Financing: The city is paying for the stadium with proceeds from a 2.5% hotel tax and

rent received from the Biscuits.

Facility Website


http://www.mobilebaybears.com/

https://twitter.com/Mobile_BayBears


http://www.biscuitsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/BiscuitBaseball



Team: Pensacola Blue Wahoos


Principal Owner: Quint & Rishy Studer, Bubba Watson

Team Website

TWITTER: @BlueWahoosBBall

Stadium: Admiral Fetterman Field

Date Built: 2012


Facility Financing: A public/private partnership received $56 million to pay for the entire

mixed-use development project. $45.6 million came from city-issued bonds. Most of the bonds

issued were a part of the “Build America Bonds” program. Quint & Rishy Studer also donated

$2.25 million.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2019, the Blue Wahoos announced stadium upgrades included a re-sodding project

and a new twenty-foot LED dual video and scoreboard that would be completed prior to the 2020

season.

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2015, the Community Maritime Park Associates gave unanimous

approval Wednesday to Blue Wahoos Stadium to be named Admiral Jack Fetterman Field or

“Fetterman Field” for the shortened version. The latter posthumously honors the three-star vice

admiral in the U.S. Navy, who retired in Pensacola and became a prominent civic leader.

Fetterman, along with the late-Vince Whibbs Sr., were influential supporters in getting the

Community Maritime Park project approved by voters nearly a decade ago.

Team: Tennessee Smokies


Principal Owner: Randy Boyd

Team Website

TWITTER: @smokiesbaseball

Stadium: Smokies Stadium

Date Built: 2000



Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2019, the team announced that they were looking to build a a new downtown

Knoxville ballpark.



https://twitter.com/BlueWahoosBBall


http://www.smokiesbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/smokiesbaseball



TEXAS LEAGUE (AA)

Team: Amarillo Sod Poodles


Principal Owner: David G. Elmore (Elmore Sports Group)

Team Website

TWITTER: @sodpoodles

Stadium: Hodgetown

Date Built: 2019


Facility Financing: Publicly-funded.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2017, David Elmore announced the relocation of the San Antonio Missions to

Amarillo. The name was decided by a ‘name-the-team’ contest.

NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark was named Hodgetown in honor of Amarillo pharmacist,

businessman, philanthropist, and former mayor Jerry Hodge.

Team: Arkansas Travelers


Principal Owner: Arkansas Travelers Baseball, Inc.

Team Website

TWITTER: @ARTravs

Stadium: Dickey-Stephens Park

Date Built: 2007


Facility Financing: $28 million of the ballpark was funded by a North Little Rock voter-

approved temporary 1% sales tax, $5.6 million was to be raised from ballpark revenue, and the

rest was funded by donations from Warren Stephens and North Little Rock City Beautiful

Commission.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2017, agreed to a two-year deal player development contract with the Seattle

Mariners.

NAMING RIGHTS: Little Rock financier Warren Stephens donated an eleven-acre plot of land

for the ballpark and named it in honor of two pairs of baseball-loving brothers: Stephens Inc.

https://www.milb.com/amarillo

https://twitter.com/sodpoodles

https://www.milb.com/amarillo/ballpark/hodgetown

http://www.travs.com/

https://twitter.com/ARTravs

http://arkansas.travelers.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090205&content_id=506028&vkey=ballpark_t574&fext=.jsp&sid=t574


founders Jack and Witt Stephens and Hall of Fame Catcher Bill Dickey and his brother Skeeter,

also a former Major League ballplayer. Both Dickey brothers worked for Stephens Inc. following

their baseball careers.

Team: Corpus Christi Hooks


Principal Owner: Jim Crane (Houston Astros)


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @cchooks

Stadium: Whataburger Field

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: The project was publicly funded through a voter-approved economic

development sales tax.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Whataburger, Inc. entered into a fifteen-year naming rights deal with the

Corpus Christi Hooks beginning in 2005. Financial details were not disclosed. The rights were

extended in 2019 through the 2033 season.

Team: Frisco RoughRiders


Principal Owner: Chuck Greenberg (Frisco RoughRiders LP)

Team Value (as of July 2016): $37 million (Revenue: $14 million; Operating Income: $3.0

million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @RidersBaseball

Stadium: Dr. Pepper Ballpark

Date Built: 2003


Facility Financing: The City of Frisco funded the development with $22 million in bonds while

Southwest Sports Group paid $6 million for construction costs and agreed to cover any overruns.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Cadbury Schweppes entered into a ten-year naming rights deal with an

option for five additional years with the Frisco RoughRiders in 2003 to name the stadium Dr.

Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. On March 31, 2006,

http://www.cchooks.com/

https://twitter.com/cchooks

https://www.milb.com/corpus-christi/ballpark

http://www.ridersbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/RidersBaseball

https://www.milb.com/frisco/ballpark/ballpark


the beverage company and the RoughRiders announced that the name Dr. Pepper/Seven Up

Ballpark was changing to Dr. Pepper Ballpark.

Team: Midland RockHounds


Principal Owner: Miles Prentice and Bob Richmond

Team Website

TWITTER: @RockHounds

Stadium: Security Bank Ballpark

Date Built: 2002

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $45 for the entire Scharbauer Sports Complex (includes football/soccer

stadium)

Facility Financing: $39 million in bonds, backed by a quarter-cent city sales tax increase funded

most of the project. Additional money came from the team and the naming rights sponsorship.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In March 2002, First American Bank entered into a twenty-five-year,

$2.17 million naming rights deal for the Midland RockHounds’ stadium to be named First

American Bank Ballpark. The venue's name was changed to Citibank Ballpark in 2005 when

Citibank bought First American Bank. In January 2014, Security Bank agreed to a twenty-five-

year, $3.6 million deal with the City of Midland to rename the RockHounds’ stadium Security

Bank Ballpark.

Team: Northwest Arkansas Naturals


Principal Owner: Rich Products Corp.

Team Website

TWITTER: @nwanaturals

Stadium: Arvest Ballpark

Date Built: 2008


Facility Financing: Arvest Ballpark was financed by a voter-approved 1% sales tax.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: On September 5, 2007, the Naturals announced they had a reached a ten-

year agreement consisting of a ten-year option for renewal with Arvest Bank to name the

stadium Arvest Ballpark. In 2016, Arvest Bank renewed the naming rights agreement. The

stadium will be called Arvest Ballpark through 2027. Financial details of the naming rights

extension agreement were not disclosed.

https://www.milb.com/midland

https://twitter.com/RockHounds

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20051101&content_id=41136908&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t237&sid=t237

http://www.nwanaturals.com/

https://twitter.com/nwanaturals

https://www.arkansas.com/arvest-ballpark


Team: Springfield Cardinals


Principal Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr. (St. Louis Cardinals)

Team Website

TWITTER: @Sgf_Cardinals

Stadium: Hammons Field

Date Built: 2004


Facility Financing: The stadium was funded entirely by John Q. Hammons.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after John Q. Hammons, who funded the ballpark.

Team: Tulsa Drillers


Principal Owner: Dale, Jeff, and Went Hubbard


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TulsaDrillers

New Stadium: ONEOK Field

Date Built: 2010


Facility Financing: The Tulsa Stadium Trust provided $25 million in bonds, the Driller’s lease

provided $5 million, and private donors contributed $30 million.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Tulsa Drillers have added a scoreboard bar to the stadium. The bar features 12

big screen TV’s and is the largest outdoor bar in Oklahoma.

NAMING RIGHTS: The natural gas company ONEOK purchased the naming rights to the new

ballpark. The agreement spans for twenty years and is reportedly worth $5 million.

http://www.springfieldcardinals.com/

https://twitter.com/Sgf_Cardinals

http://springfield.cardinals.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081124&content_id=482684&vkey=ballpark_t440&fext=.jsp&sid=t440

http://www.tulsadrillers.com/

https://twitter.com/TulsaDrillers

https://www.milb.com/tulsa/ballpark/oneok-field


CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (ADVANCED A)

Team: Inland Empire 66ers


Principal Owner: David Elmore & Donna Tuttle (Elmore Sports Group)

Team Website

TWITTER: @66ersBaseball

Stadium: San Manuel Stadium

Date Built: 1996


Facility Financing: The facility was publicly financed through a tax increment and city

redevelopment agency bonds.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians bought the naming rights to the

stadium in March 2012. The naming-rights deal was for five years, with an option to renew.

Team: Lake Elsinore Storm


Principal Owner: Gary Jacobs, Len Simon, and Dave Oster (Storm LP)

Team Website

TWITTER: @Storm_Baseball

Stadium: Lake Elsinore Diamond

Date Built: 1994



Facility Website


Team: Lancaster JetHawks


Principal Owner: Jake Kerr and Jeff Mooney

Team Website

TWITTER: @JetHawks

Stadium: The Hangar

Date Built: 1996

http://www.ie66ers.com/

https://twitter.com/66ersBaseball

https://www.milb.com/inland-empire/ballpark/stadium-policies

http://www.stormbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/Storm_Baseball

https://www.milb.com/lake-elsinore/ballpark/directions

http://www.jethawks.com/

https://twitter.com/JetHawks




Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2005, Clear Channel Communications entered into a ten-year, $770,000

deal with the JetHawks to name the stadium Clear Channel Stadium. The deal was to run

through the 2014 season; however, the Clear Channel signage was removed during the 2012

season. Sometime between April 2, 2012 and April 4, 2012, the JetHawks began referring to

their stadium as “The Hangar.”

Team: Modesto Nuts


Principal Owner: Michael Savit (HWS Group)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ModestoNuts

Stadium: John Thurman Field

Date Built: 1955



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Originally named Del Webb Field, the Modesto ballpark was renamed for

State Assemblyman John Thurman in 1983.

Team: Rancho Cucamonga Quakes


Principal Owner: Bobby Brett and George Brett

Team Website

TWITTER: @RCQuakes

Stadium: LoanMart Field

Date Built: 1993



Facility Website

UPDATE: The Quakes and the Dodgers have extended their player development affiliation

through the 2020 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: In April 2013, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes announced a ten-year

naming-rights partnership with LoanMart. The Quakes now play at LoanMart Field.

https://www.milb.com/lancaster/ballpark

http://www.modestonuts.com/

https://twitter.com/ModestoNuts

http://modesto.nuts.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090316&content_id=525155&vkey=ballpark_t515&fext=.jsp&sid=t515

http://www.rcquakes.com/

https://twitter.com/RCQuakes



Team: San Jose Giants


Principal Owner: San Francisco Giants and Progress Sports Management

Team Website

TWITTER: @SJGiants

Stadium: Excite Ballpark

Date Built: 1942


Facility Financing: Publicly financed as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's Work Progress

Administration (WPA).

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2019, the Giants entered into a three-year naming rights agreement with

Excite Credit Union. The terms of this deal were not disclosed.

Team: Stockton Ports


Principal Owner: Tom Volpe (7th Inning Stretch, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @stocktonports

Stadium: Banner Island Ballpark

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: The project was publicly financed through bonds

Facility Website

UPDATE: The team will make numerous changes to Banner Island Ballpark stadium. First, a

new Coors Light Cold Zone will be built, which will allow fans to be their own bartender

choosing form up to 40 selections of beer. Several other additions, including an 108 foot long

drink rail and Port City Saloon will give fans options for drink options while enjoying the game.

Finally, the netting behind home plate will be extended to the beginning of both dugouts.

NAMING RIGHTS: The City of Stockton owns the naming rights of the ballpark and has been

trying to find a naming-rights sponsor since the ballpark opened. The name "Banner Island

Ballpark" is actually an unofficial name that is used among fans and the administration of the

Stockton Ports. Until the rights are sold, the stadium is officially known as the Stockton

Ballpark.

http://www.sjgiants.com/

https://twitter.com/SJGiants


http://www.stocktonports.com/

https://twitter.com/stocktonports

http://stockton.ports.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081120&content_id=482097&vkey=ballpark_t524&fext=.jsp&sid=t524


Team: Visalia Rawhide


Principal Owner: Tom Seidler and Kevin O'Malley (Top of the Third. Inc.)

Team Website

TWITTER: @VisaliaRawhide

Stadium: Recreation Ballpark

Date Built: 1946



Facility Website


https://www.milb.com/visalia

https://twitter.com/VisaliaRawhide



CAROLINA LEAGUE (ADVANCED A)

Team: Carolina Mudcats


Principal Owner: Steve Bryant

Team Website

TWITTER: @CarolinaMudcats

Stadium: Five County Stadium

Date Built: 1991



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The team signed a two-year Player Development Contract with the

Milwaukee Brewers to begin in the 2017 season. It was also announced in 2017 that Five County

Stadium will host the 2018 Carolina League All-Star Classic

Team: Down East Wood Ducks Affiliate: Texas Rangers (2017)

Principal Owner: Texas Rangers/Rangers Kinston, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoWoodDucks

Stadium: Grainger Stadium

Date Built: 1949

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.170


Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The name Grainger comes from the donor, Jesse Willis Grainger, who

owned half of the the land on which it is situated.

Team: Fayetteville Woodpeckers


Principal Owner: Houston Astros

Team Website

TWITTER: @WoodpeckersNC

Stadium: Segra Stadium


https://twitter.com/CarolinaMudcats

http://carolina.mudcats.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20081212&content_id=486734&vkey=ballpark_t249&fext=.jsp&sid=t249


https://twitter.com/GoWoodDucks


http://www.milb.com/fayetteville

https://twitter.com/WoodpeckersNC


Date of Stadium Completion: 2019

Facility Cost ($/Mil): 37.8

Facility Financing: Publicly-funded

Facility Website

UPDATE: In August, 2016, the High-A Carolina League approved a two-team expansion. The

Fayetteville City Council approved plans to build a new stadium, which will be completed by the

2019 season. The Astros entered into a 30-year lease agreement with the city of Fayetteville in

December, 2016. The stadium opened April 2019.

NAMING RIGHTS: In February 2019, the team announced a naming rights agreement with

Segra, an independent fiber bandwidth company.

Team: Frederick Keys


Principal Owner: Ken Young (Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC.)

Team Website

TWITTER: @FrederickKeys

Stadium: Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium

Date Built: 1990


Facility Financing: Project was funded by $1 million from the City of Frederick, $1.5 million

from the State of Maryland, $250,000 from the Grove family, and $250,000 from Frederick

County.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The family of Harry Groves, one of the founders of the Frederick Hustlers,

donated $250,000 for the construction of the ballpark. The Frederick Hustlers were a

professional baseball team that played between 1915 and WWII. In 2015, a seven-year

agreement was reached with Nymeo Federal Credit Union to call the stadium Nymeo Field at

Harry Grove Stadium.

Team: Lynchburg Hillcats


Principal Owner: Elmore Sports Group

Team Website

TWITTER: @LynHillcats

Stadium: Calvin Falwell Field

Date Built: 1939

http://www.milb.com/fayetteville/ballpark/

http://www.frederickkeys.com/

https://twitter.com/FrederickKeys

https://www.milb.com/frederick/ballpark/nymeo-field

https://www.milb.com/lynchburg

https://twitter.com/LynHillcats



Facility Financing: The City of Lynchburg paid $189,000, while $100,000 came from the Work

Progress Administration as part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal.


NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark was named in honor of Calvin Falwell, former President of

the Lynchburg Baseball Corp.

Team: Myrtle Beach Pelicans


Principal Owner: Myrtle Beach Pelicans LP (Chuck Greenberg)

Team Website

TWITTER: @Pelicanbaseball

Stadium: TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark

Date Built: 1999


Facility Financing: $10 million publicly funded from city and county hospitality tax revenues

and $2 million privately funded from the ownership group.


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Coastal Federal Field in 1999 after

Coastal Federal Bank signed a ten-year, $1 million naming rights deal with the Pelicans. The

name was changed in 2006 to BB&T Coastal Field after BB&T Corporation acquired Coastal

Federal Bank. In April 2012, TicketReturn.com signed a one-year naming rights deal with the

facility that included an option to renew for additional years. In May 2013, the Pelicans hired

Legends Sales and Marketing to sell the naming rights. The ballpark name has remained the

same, but any details of an agreement were not available.

Team: Potomac Nationals


Principal Owner: Art Silber

Team Website

TWITTER: @PNats42

Stadium: Northwest Federal Field at Pfitzner Stadium

Date Built: 1984

Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A


Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark was originally named Davis Ford Park, then renamed Prince

William County Stadium, and finally, in 1995, named G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium. Pfitzner was

http://myrtlebeachpelicans.com/

https://twitter.com/Pelicanbaseball

https://www.milb.com/potomac

https://twitter.com/PNats42

https://www.milb.com/potomac/ballpark


influential in moving the team from Alexandria to Prince William County. In 2018, the team

partnered with Northwest Federal Credit Union.

Team: Salem Red Sox


Principal Owner: Fenway Sports Group

Team Website

TWITTER: @salemredsox

Stadium: Haley Toyota Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark

Date Built: 1995



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The Salem Red Sox reached a new naming-rights deal in 2017 for its

stadium: Haley Toyota Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark.

Team: Wilmington Blue Rocks


Principal Owner: Clark Minker and Main Street Baseball LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @WilmBlueRocks

Stadium: Frawley Stadium

Date Built: 1993


Facility Financing: The State of Delaware funded $3.9 million and the City of Wilmington

funded $2.2 million.


UPDATE: In 2018, the Blue Rocks extended the stadium netting to the end of both dugouts.

NAMING RIGHTS: Frawley Stadium is named after Mayor Daniel S. Frawley, who helped

bring the Blue Rocks to Wilmington. The field is named in honor of the late Negro League great

Judy Johnson.

https://www.milb.com/salem

https://twitter.com/salemredsox

https://www.milb.com/salem/ballpark/htf-page

https://www.milb.com/wilmington

https://twitter.com/WilmBlueRocks


Team: Winston-Salem Dash


Principal Owner: Billy Prim

Team Website

TWITTER: @WSDashBaseball

Stadium: BB&T Ballpark

Date Built: 2010


Facility Financing: $15.3 million of the stadium’s cost was paid for with public funds and $33.4

million of the stadium’s cost was paid for with private funds.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: BB&T has signed a fifteen-year deal for the naming rights to BB&T

Ballpark that is set to expire after 2024. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

https://www.milb.com/winston-salem

https://twitter.com/WSDashBaseball

https://www.milb.com/winston-salem/ballpark/


FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE (ADVANCED A)

Team: Bradenton Marauders


Principal Owner: Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Website

TWITTER: @The_Marauders

Stadium: LECOM Park

Date Built: 1923 (renovated in 2013)



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In February 2017, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Lake Erie College of

Osteopathic Medicine agreed to a 15-year naming rights deal to name the park, LECOM Park.

Team: Charlotte Stone Crabs


Principal Owner: Lou Schwechheimer (Caribbean Baseball Initiative)

Team Website

TWITTER: @StoneCrabs

Stadium: Charlotte Sports Park

Date Built: 1987



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: There is no current naming-rights agreement in place after a deal with The

Mosaic Company was deferred in the face of strong public opposition.

Team: Clearwater Threshers



Team Website

TWITTER: @Threshers

Stadium: Spectrum Field

Date Built: 2004


https://www.milb.com/bradenton

https://twitter.com/The_Marauders


https://www.milb.com/charlotte-stone-crabs

https://twitter.com/StoneCrabs

https://www.milb.com/charlotte-stone-crabs/ballpark/charlottesportspark

http://www.threshersbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/Threshers


Facility Financing: Public-private partnership that included the State of Florida, Pinellas

County, the City of Clearwater, and the Phillies

Facility Website

UPDATE: Clearwater, Florida officials received approval in January, 2019 to pursue $40

million in county bed taxes for spring-training facility upgrades.

NAMING RIGHTS: Florida-based cable company Bright House Networks paid $1.7 million in

2004 for the naming rights to the stadium in a ten-year deal with an option of two five-year

renewals. In March 2013, the Phillies and Bright House Networks agreed to exercise a five-year

option to extend the naming rights of the stadium through 2018. The Stadium name changed to

Spectrum field due to the acquisition of Bright House Networks by Charter Communications in

2016.

Team: Daytona Tortugas


Principal Owner: Reese Smith III and Bob Fregolle (Tortugas Baseball Club LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @daytonatortugas

Stadium: Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark

Date Built: 1914



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Until 1988, the stadium was known as City Island Ballpark. Daytona

Beach City Council renamed the ballpark after Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to

play in the major leagues. Daytona Beach was the first city to allow Robinson to play during

spring training in 1946. In February 2014, the Cubs announced a five-year naming rights deal

with Radiology Associates Imaging to rename the ballpark Radiology Associates Field at Jackie

Robinson Ballpark. The financial terms of the partnership were not made public.

Team: Dunedin Blue Jays


Principal Owner: Rogers Communications (Toronto Blue Jays)

Team Website

TWITTER: @DunedinBlueJays

Stadium: Dunedin Stadium

Date Built: 1990


https://www.milb.com/daytona/ballpark/jackierobinsonballpark

http://www.daytonacubs.com/

https://twitter.com/daytonatortugas

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/team1/page.jsp?ymd=20100223&content_id=8118192&vkey=team1_t450&fext=.jsp&sid=t450

https://www.milb.com/dunedin

https://twitter.com/DunedinBlueJays



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: When the stadium was first built in 1990, it was named Dunedin Stadium

at Grant Field in honor of Albert J. Grant, the mayor who originally brought a baseball stadium

to Dunedin in 1930. From 2004–2008, Dunedin Stadium was renamed Knology Park after the

Georgia communication company’s five-year, $400,000 naming rights agreement with the city.

From 2008–2011, the stadium reverted back to Dunedin Stadium after no naming-rights sponsors

were found. In 2010, Florida Auto Exchange entered into a naming-rights agreement that will

pay the city $181,000. In October 2017, the agreement expired.

Team: Florida Fire Frogs


Principal Owner: Central Florida Minor League Baseball

Team Website

TWITTER: @FireFrogsBB

Stadium: Osceola County Stadium

Date Built: 1985




UPDATE: The Fire Frogs will depart Osceola County Stadium following the 2019 season. The

complex will be converted into soccer fields and training facilities for the Orlando City football

clubs.

NAMING RIGHTS: There is no current naming-rights agreement in place.

Team: Fort Myers Miracle


Principal Owner: Jason Hochberg (SJS Beacon)

Team Website

TWITTER: @MiracleBaseball

Stadium: Hammond Stadium

Date Built: 1991



Facility Website

https://www.milb.com/dunedin/ballpark/dunedinstadium


https://twitter.com/FireFrogsBB

http://miraclebaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/MiracleBaseball

https://www.mlb.com/twins/spring-training/ballpark


NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named in honor of former Lee County

Commissioner Bill Hammond, who was instrumental in getting the Lee County Sports Complex

built to draw the Twins from their previous spring training facility in Orlando, Florida.

Team: Jupiter Hammerheads


Principal Owner: Miami Marlins

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoHammerheads

Stadium: Roger Dean Stadium

Date Built: 1998



Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the Marlins halted their proposal for upgrades to the stadium.

NAMING RIGHTS: The family of West Palm Beach automobile dealer Roger Dean Chevrolet

purchased the naming rights to the stadium in a ten-year, $1 million deal through 2009. Roger

Dean renewed the deal through the 2017 season for an undisclosed sum.

Team: Lakeland Flying Tigers


Principal Owner: Detroit Tigers

Team Website

TWITTER: @LKDFlyingTigers

Stadium: Publiz Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

Date Built: 1966 (renovated in 2003)



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Joker Marchant Stadium is named in honor of the late Joker Marchant,

who was Lakeland's former Parks and Recreation Director and instrumental in establishing the

Tigertown Complex. In 2016, Publix Super Markets bought the naming rights to the field. Publix

will pay $3 million over the next 15 years to have its name on the home of the spring training

facility. The ballpark will now be called Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t479

https://twitter.com/MiracleBaseball

https://www.milb.com/jupiter

https://www.milb.com/lakeland

https://twitter.com/LkdFlyingTigers

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/spring-training/ballpark


Team: Palm Beach Cardinals


Principal Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr. (St. Louis Cardinals)

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoPBCardinals

Stadium: Roger Dean Stadium

Date Built: 1998



Facility Website

UPDATE: The Cardinals have halted their proposal for stadium upgrades.

NAMING RIGHTS: The family of West Palm Beach automobile dealer Roger Dean Chevrolet

purchased the naming rights to the stadium in a ten-year, $1 million deal through 2009. Roger

Dean renewed the deal through the 2017 season for an undisclosed sum.

Team: St. Lucie Mets


Principal Owner: Fred Wilbon (New York Mets)

Team Website

TWITTER: @stluciemets

Stadium: First Data Field

Date Built: 1988


Facility Financing: Privately funded by the Thomas J. White Development Corporation and

publicly financed from a 2% hotel tax.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In February 2017, the Mets and First Data announced a 10-year strategic

marketing partnership for the naming rights changing Tradition Field to First Data Field.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/spring-training/ballpark

https://twitter.com/GoPBCardinals

http://rogerdeanstadium.com/

https://www.milb.com/st-lucie

https://twitter.com/stluciemets



Team: Tampa Tarpons


Principal Owner: Hank and Hal Steinbrenner (New York Yankees)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TampaTarpons

Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field

Date Built: 1996


Facility Financing: Publicly financed

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Legends Field,\ but was renamed in

2008 to George M. Steinbrenner Field after the late New York Yankees owner and Tampa

resident.

http://www.milb.com/tampa

https://twitter.com/TampaTarpons



MIDWEST LEAGUE (A)

Team: Beloit Snappers


Principal Owner: Beloit Professional Baseball Association, Inc.

Team Website

TWITTER: @BeloitSnappers

Stadium: Harry C. Pohlman Field




Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Telfer Park but was renamed in 1987

after Harry C. Pohlman, a long-time coach in the Beloit school system and American Legion

baseball. Pohlman was also an original member of the Beloit Brewers Board of Directors.

Team: Bowling Green Hot Rods


Principal Owner: Stuart Katzoff, Jerry Katzoff, Herb Simon, and Jack Blackstock (Manhattan

Capital Sports Acquisition)

Team Website

TWITTER: @BGHotRods

Stadium: Bowling Green Ballpark

Date Built: 2009


Facility Financing: 100% publicly financed through city-issued general obligation bonds.


UPDATE: The team announced $2 million in upgrades to the ballpark to be completed before

the 2019 seasons. These changes include a new scoreboard, walkway, a splash zone behind

centerfield, and renovation of the entire suite level.


http://www.snappersbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/BeloitSnappers

http://beloit.snappers.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090128&content_id=501826&vkey=ballpark_t554&fext=.jsp&sid=t554

https://www.milb.com/bowling-green

https://twitter.com/BGHotRods


Team: Burlington Bees


Principal Owner: City of Burlington, Iowa

Team Website

TWITTER: @BurlingtonBees

Stadium: Community Field

Date Built: 1947 (rebuilt in 1973 after a fire)





Team: Cedar Rapids Kernels


Principal Owner: Cedar Rapids Ball Club, Inc.

Team Website

TWITTER: @CRKernels

Stadium: Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium

Date Built: 2002


Facility Financing: 83% publicly funded, 17% privately financed

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Kernels extended the protective netting in 2018 in front of both dugouts

extending to the outfield.

NAMING RIGHTS: The City of Cedar Rapids owns Veterans Memorial Stadium and chose its

name to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. In 2008, the Kernels and Dale & Thomas Popcorn

announced a five-year field naming rights partnership; however, in 2009, Perfect Game USA

announced a five-year field naming rights deal with the Kernels. Details of these deals were not

released.

https://www.milb.com/burlington-bees

https://twitter.com/BurlingtonBees

http://www.kernels.com/

https://twitter.com/CRKernels

https://www.perfectgame.org/facility/pgpark.aspx


Team: Clinton LumberKings


Principal Owner: Community-owned

Team Website

TWITTER: @LumberKings

Stadium: Nelson Corp Field

Date Built: 1937




NAMING RIGHTS: The Clinton LumberKings and NelsonCorp Wealth Management

announced a three-year naming rights agreement in 2018.

Team: Dayton Dragons


Principal Owner: Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @DragonsBaseball

Stadium: Fifth Third Field

Date Built: 2000


Facility Financing: Financed by the City of Dayton and the Mandalay Sports Group

Facility Website

UPDATE: The stadium added new video displays prior to the 2019 season including a new

2,500 square-foot LED videoboard and two ribbon boards.

NAMING RIGHTS: Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank purchased the naming rights to the Dragons'

home stadium in 1999 for twenty years totaling $4.3 million.

https://www.milb.com/clinton

https://twitter.com/LumberKings

http://www.daytondragons.com/

https://twitter.com/DragonsBaseball

https://www.milb.com/dayton/ballpark/seatingchart


Team: Fort Wayne TinCaps


Principal Owner: Jason Freier (Hardball Capital)


million)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TinCaps

Stadium: Parkview Field

Date Built: 2009

Facility Cost ($/Mil) $31.5

Facility Financing: 79% public funding, 21% private funding

Facility Website

UPDATE: The TinCaps announced nearly $.5 million in upgrades prior to the 2019 season. This

includes a new sound system, concrete repairs, and repainting the stadium.

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2008, Parkview Health bought the naming rights to the stadium for $3

million over ten years.

Team: Great Lakes Loons


Principal Owner: Michigan Baseball Foundation

Team Website

TWITTER: @greatlakesloons

Stadium: Dow Diamond

Date Built: 2007

Facility Cost ($/Mil) $33

Facility Financing: The stadium was privately financed through foundation grants.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The team announced in 2018 that they would be upgrading the stadium. This would

include a new playground area for families, a new merchandising area, and revamping a new

videoboard.

NAMING RIGHTS: Dow Chemical donated the land for the stadium and purchased naming

rights for a ten-year, $2.8 million deal. The name Dow Diamond refers both to the slang for the

playing surface and the red diamond in Dow's logo.

http://www.tincaps.com/home/

https://twitter.com/TinCaps

https://www.milb.com/fort-wayne/ballpark/ballpark-landing-page

http://www.loons.com/

https://twitter.com/greatlakesloons

http://greatlakes.loons.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090107&content_id=492976&vkey=ballpark_t456&fext=.jsp&sid=t456


Team: Kane County Cougars


Principal Owner: Dr. Bob Froehlich and Cheryl Froehlich

Team Website

TWITTER: @KCCougars

Stadium: Northwestern Medicine Field

Date Built: 1991



Facility Website

UPDATE: The Cougars extended the netting from behind the dugout out to the outfield prior to

the 2019 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Phillip B. Elfstrom Stadium after the

former Kane County Forest Preserve President and most influential person for bringing Minor

League Baseball to Kane County. In 2016, the team reached a five-year naming rights deal with

Northwestern Medicine.

Team: Lake County Captains


Principal Owner: Peter Carfagna, Rita Murphy Carfagna, Ray Murphy, and Katie Murphy

(Cascia, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @LCCaptains

Stadium: Classic Park

Date Built: 2003


Facility Financing: 100% publicly financed by the City of Eastlake.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the Captains announced that they would be extending the protective netting

behind home plate and on the first and third base side.

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2005, the owners of the Captains purchased the right to sell naming

rights to the Captain’s facility from the City of Eastlake for $4.2 million. The team then signed a

fifteen-year naming rights agreement with Classic Auto Group for $1.5 million.

http://www.kccougars.com/

https://twitter.com/KCCougars


https://www.milb.com/lake-county

https://twitter.com/LCCaptains

https://www.milb.com/lake-county/ballpark/classicpark


Team: Lansing Lugnuts


Principal Owner: Tom Dickson and Sherrie Myers (Take Me Out to the Ballgame, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @LansingLugnuts

Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium

Date Built: 1996


Facility Financing: Facility was financed by six local banking institutions and is now owned by

the City of Lansing.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the Lugnuts extended protective netting from the dugouts to the outfield.

NAMING RIGHTS: In 1996, General Motors signed a fifteen-year, $1.5 million naming rights

deal with the City of Lansing to name the stadium Oldsmobile Park. In February 2010, Cooley

Law School agreed to $1.485 million for an eleven-year contract of the naming rights to the

stadium with the City of Lansing and the Lugnuts.

Team: Peoria Chiefs


Principal Owner: Peoria Chiefs Community Baseball Club, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @peoriachiefs

Stadium: Dozer Park

Date Built: 2002


Facility Financing: 82% privately financed and 18% publicly financed by a TIF

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2002, O’Brien Automotive Team signed a seven-year, $1.05 million

naming-rights agreement with the Chiefs to name the stadium O’Brien Field. In 2013,

Caterpillar, Inc. and the Chiefs agreed to a ten-year, $2 million naming-rights deal. The stadium

was renamed Dozer Park, in reference to Caterpillar bulldozers.

http://www.lansinglugnuts.com/

https://twitter.com/LansingLugnuts


http://www.peoriachiefs.com/home/

https://twitter.com/peoriachiefs



Team: Quad Cities River Bandits


Principal Owner: Dave Heller and Bob Herrfeldt (Main Street Iowa)

Team Website

TWITTER: @QCRiverBandits

Stadium: Modern Woodmen Park

Date Built: 1931



Facility Website

UPDATE: The Bandits added a 58-panel array of solar panels at Modern Woodmen Park prior

to the 2019 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Municipal Stadium. In 1971, the

stadium was renamed John O’Donnell Stadium in honor of the longtime sports editor of the

Davenport Times Democrat. In December 2007, Modern Woodmen of America purchased the

naming rights to the facility for ten years for $2 million.

Team: South Bend Cubs


Principal Owner: Andrew Berlin

Team Website

TWITTER: @SBCubs

Stadium: Four Winds Field at Stanley Coveleski Stadium

Date Built: 1987



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named for Stan Coveleski, the Hall of Fame pitcher who

once lived in South Bend. In September 2013, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, owners

of Four Winds Resort, reached a ten-year field naming rights agreement with the Silver Hawks.

The agreement also has an option for five more years.

https://www.milb.com/quad-cities

https://twitter.com/QCRiverBandits

https://www.milb.com/quad-cities/ballpark/groups


https://twitter.com/SBCubs

https://www.milb.com/south-bend/ballpark/four-winds-field/


Team: West Michigan Whitecaps


Principal Owner: Lew Chamberlin and Denny Baxter (Whitecaps Professional Baseball, LLP)

Team Website

TWITTER: @wmwhitecaps

Stadium: Fifth Third Ballpark

Date Built: 1994

Facility Cost ($/Mil) $6.5

Facility Financing: 100% privately financed

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally called Old Kent Park but was renamed Fifth

Third Ballpark in 2001 after Old Kent Bank merged with Fifth Third Bank. In 2011, Fifth Third

Bank agreed to a ten-year naming rights extension that runs through 2021. The terms of the

agreement were not disclosed.

Team: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers


Principal Owner: Appleton Baseball Club Inc. (Non-stock community-owned)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TimberRattlers

Stadium: Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium

Date Built: 1995



Facility Website

UPDATE: The Timber Rattlers conduct annual upgrades to the stadium. Recently, this has

included: extending the concourse just past the center-field batter’s eye; creating new spaces for

a party deck; moving play area in right field to a larger space; removing seating in the concourse

to make way for table seating; and replacing beach area with new bar space, furniture and

amenities.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Fox Cities Stadium. In March 2007,

Time Warner Cable entered into a ten-year agreement for the naming rights to the Wisconsin

Timber Rattlers' home playing field. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In

December 2013, Time Warner opted out of the final three years of the deal. In January 2014, the

Timber Rattlers reached a ten-year field naming rights agreement for Fox Cities Stadium with

the Neuroscience Group.

http://www.whitecaps-baseball.com/

https://twitter.com/wmwhitecaps

http://www.fifththirdballpark.com/

https://www.milb.com/wisconsin

https://twitter.com/TimberRattlers

https://www.milb.com/wisconsin/ballpark/fox-cities-stadium


SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE (A)

Team: Asheville Tourists


Principal Owner: DeWine Family (DeWine Seeds Silver Dollar Baseball, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @GoTourists

Stadium: McCormick Field

Date Built: 1924 (Renovated in 1992)



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after Dr. Lewis McCormick, Asheville's former city

bacteriologist, who was the first man in the United States to make a scientific fight against the

housefly.

Team: Augusta GreenJackets


Principal Owner: Agon Sports & Entertainment

Team Website

TWITTER: @GreenJackets

Stadium: SRP Park

Date Built: 2018



Facility Website

UPDATE: The GreenJackets christened a new stadium built in August in 2018. SRP Park is part

of a development featuring apartments, a senior living facility, office space, a hotel, and a beer

garden.

NAMING RIGHTS: In August 2017, SRP Federal Credit Union purchased naming rights for an

undisclosed sum. However, part of the terms of the agreement include a $100,000 payment to the

City of Augusta.

https://www.milb.com/asheville

https://twitter.com/GoTourists

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20131119&content_id=64045212&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t573&sid=t573

http://www.greenjacketsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/GreenJackets

https://thesrppark.com/


Team: Charleston RiverDogs


Principal Owner: Marvin Goldklang (Goldklang Group, LP)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ChasRiverDogs

Stadium: Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (“The Joe”)

Date Built: 1997


Facility Financing: Through city-sold certificates of participation

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named for Joseph. P. Riley, who has served as mayor of

Charleston since 1975.

Team: Columbia Fireflies


Principal Owner: Hardball Capital, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @ColaFireflies

Stadium: Segra Park

Date Built: 2016


Facility Financing: 81% publicly financed and 19% privately financed

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Spirit Communications will pay about $3.5 million over 10 years for the

naming rights for the new stadium. Following the merger of Spirit and Lumos Networks

Corporation in January 2019, the facility was renamed.

Team: Delmarva Shorebirds


Principal Owner: 7th Inning Stretch, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @shorebirds

Stadium: Arthur W. Perdue Stadium

Date Built: 1996


http://www.riverdogs.com/

https://twitter.com/ChasRiverDogs

https://www.milb.com/charleston/ballpark/playing-at-the-joe


https://twitter.com/ColaFireflies

http://www.segrapark.com/

http://www.theshorebirds.com/

https://twitter.com/shorebirds


Facility Financing: 24% publicly financed and 76% privately financed

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Shorebirds announced upgrades to the stadium in 2019. This includes extended

netting, new table sitting behind home plate, and a renovated Executive Club and luxury level.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the founder of Perdue Farms, Arthur Perdue.

He contributed significantly to the building of the stadium.

Team: Greensboro Grasshoppers


Principal Owner: Cooper Brantley, Len White, and Wes Elingburg (Greensboro Baseball, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @GSOHoppers

Stadium: First National Bank Field

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: 100% privately funded by the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation

Facility Website

UPDATE: An office tower in 2019 was introduced, the tenants of which are the stadium’s

naming-rights partner. Condominium and apartments are the higher floors while a restaurant area

will open on ground level.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named First Horizon Park after First Horizon

National Corp. entered into a ten-year, $3 million naming rights deal with the Grasshoppers. In

November 2007, NewBridge Bank signed a ten-year naming rights deal for the Greensboro

Grasshoppers' home stadium. The deal is estimated to total nearly $3 million. In 2013,

NewBridge Bank extended its naming rights agreement through 2021. In 2016, NewBridge Bank

was bought by Yadkin Bank. In 2017, a Yadkin Financial Corporation was acquired by First

National Bank. The ballpark will be renamed to First National Bank Field for the 2017 season.

Naming rights were extended in 2018 as part of a ten-year agreement.

Team: Greenville Drive


Principal Owner: Craig Brown

Team Website

TWITTER: @GreenvilleDrive

Stadium: Fluor Field at the West End

Date Built: 2006


http://www.gsohoppers.com/index.asp

https://twitter.com/GSOHoppers

https://www.milb.com/greensboro/ballpark/stadium

http://www.greenvilledrive.com/

https://twitter.com/GreenvilleDrive



Facility Financing: 100% privately funded by the team’s ownership group

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named West End Field, but the name was

changed in 2009 to Fluor Field at the West End after Fluor Corporation entered into a ten-year

naming rights deal with the Drive.

Team: Hagerstown Suns


Principal Owner: Bruce Quinn, Tony Dahburn, Dr. Mitesh Kothari and Sheri Quinn

(Hagerstown Baseball, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @HagerstownSuns

Stadium: Municipal Stadium

Date Built: 1930




UPDATE: The improvements and renovations in 2017 included new center field wall pads that

feature the Hagerstown Suns logo printed on them, a brand new infield playing surface built

during the off season, the fences in-front of the dugouts were reconfigured for safety reasons,

new lights were added and the helmet/bat racks were refurbished.

Also, both home and away clubhouses received a face lift.


Team: Hickory Crawdads


Principal Owner: Don Beaver, Luther Beaver, and Charles Young (Hickory Baseball, Inc.)

Team Website

TWITTER: @HickoryCrawdads

Stadium: L.P. Frans Stadium

Date Built: 1993


Facility Financing: $1.1 million from the City of Hickory and the rest was privately financed

Facility Website

https://www.milb.com/greenville/ballpark/fluorfieldguide

http://www.hagerstownsuns.com/

https://twitter.com/HagerstownSuns

https://www.milb.com/hickory

https://twitter.com/HickoryCrawdads



UPDATE: In 2018, the Crawdads introduced a new scoreboard.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the local Pepsi-Cola bottler who partially

funded the stadium.

Team: Kannapolis Intimidators


Principal Owner: Temerity Baseball, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @Intimidators

Stadium: Intimidators Stadium

Date Built: 1995


Facility Financing: Publicly financed by Rowan County and the City of Kannapolis


UPDATE: The designs for a new downtown ballpark was approved in January 2017, by the

Kannapolis City Council. The new ballpark is part of a plan to renovate and transform the

downtown area and will include seat 5,800, outfield bar, eight suites, and a team store. The $37

million funding for the ballpark is still to be decided. The ballpark will debut for the 2020

season.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium. In April

2012, Carolina Medical Center NorthEast bought the naming rights to the stadium. The terms of

the five-year deal have not been released. The facility has dropped the CMC-NorthEast Stadium

title and no used Intimidator Stadium. Details of the change were not available.

Team: Lakewood BlueClaws


Principal Owner: Shore Town Baseball

Team Website

TWITTER: @BlueClaws

Stadium: FirstEnergy Park

Date Built: 2001


Facility Financing: Financed through the Lakewood Urban Enterprise fund by state guaranteed

bonds

Facility Website

http://www.intimidatorsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/Intimidators


https://twitter.com/BlueClaws

https://www.milb.com/lakewood/ballpark/firstenergy-park


UPDATE: The club unveiled upgrades in 2018 including boardwalk attractions, a mini golf

course, and other entertainment booths. More restaurants and food options were added as well.

NAMING RIGHTS: FirstEnergy Corp. acquired the naming rights to the stadium in a twenty-

year, $4.8 million deal that expires in 2020.

Team: Lexington Legends


Principal Owner: William H. Shea, Jr. (Ivy Walls Management Company, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @LexingtonLegend

Stadium: Whitaker Bank Ballpark

Date Built: 2001


Facility Financing: 100% privately financed

Facility Website

UPDATE: Development plans for a new stadium in downtown Lexington. The plan, submitted

by Grand Slam Development, is estimated to cost $200 million and would include several

parking garages, a hotel, and other-use buildings. Several other entities also responded to

requests for proposals.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Applebee’s Park, but after ten years

Applebee’s chose not to renew its naming rights agreement. In 2011, the Legends agreed to sell

the naming rights to their stadium to Whitaker Bank through 2020. The deal also has an option

for an additional five years, but the financial details were not disclosed.

Team: Rome Braves


Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves (Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TheRomeBraves

Stadium: State Mutual Stadium

Date Built: 2003


Facility Financing: $15 million from a Floyd County 1% special purpose tax increase and $1

million from the Braves

Facility Website

https://www.milb.com/lexington

https://twitter.com/LexingtonLegend


http://www.romebraves.com/

https://twitter.com/TheRomeBraves

https://www.milb.com/rome/ballpark/stadium


NAMING RIGHTS: When the stadium was built, Rome-based State Mutual Insurance

Company purchased the naming rights to the stadium for $1.8 million over eighteen years. In

2019, they extended at least through the 2025 season.

Team: West Virginia Power


Principal Owner: Tim Wilcox (West Virginia Baseball, LLC)

Team Website

TWITTER: @wv_power

Stadium: Appalachian Power Park

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: 78% public, 22% private

Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the team announced that a beach bar would be added to the Appalachian

Power Park.

NAMING RIGHTS: Appalachian Power bought the naming rights to the stadium in 2005 for

ten years and $1.25 million. In May 2014, the Power announced that Appalachian Power had

extended their naming rights deal through the 2024 season.

http://www.wvpower.com/

https://twitter.com/wv_power

http://westvirginia.power.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20090206&content_id=506125&vkey=ballpark_t525&fext=.jsp&sid=t525


NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (A – SHORT SEASON)

Team: Aberdeen Iron Birds


Principal Owner: Cal Ripken, Jr. (Ripken Baseball)

Team Website

TWITTER: @IronBirds

Stadium: Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium

Date Built: 2002


Facility Financing: The stadium was primarily funded with a combination of state, county, and

city resources while the Ripken family contributed as well.

Facility Website

UPDATE: In February 2018, the City of Aberdeen hired an outside firm to manage non-baseball

events at Leidos Field, the Huntley Sports Group.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the Hall-of-Fame owner Cal Ripken, Jr. In

2016, Leidos bought the naming rights to the field at Ripken Stadium. Leidos and Ripken

Baseball are now in a multiyear partnership. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The

agreement still has to be approved by MILB and should be in place when the season starts in

June.

Team: Auburn Doubledays


Principal Owner: Auburn Community Baseball, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @Doubledays

Stadium: Leo A. Pinckney Field at Falcon Park (Falcon Park II)

Date Built: 1995



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named after Leo A. Pinckney, who was the sports editor of

The Citizen, and known as “Mr. Baseball.”

http://www.ironbirdsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/IronBirds


http://www.auburndoubledays.com/

https://twitter.com/Doubledays



Team: Batavia Muckdogs


Principal Owner: Rochester Community Baseball

Team Website

TWITTER: @BataviaMuckdogs

Stadium: Dwyer Stadium

Date Built: 1996


Facility Financing: Publically financed by Genesee County

Facility Website

UPDATE: The Muckdogs unveiled updates before the 2018 season including new playing

surface.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named after Edward D. Dwyer, who was the long

time team president.

Team: Brooklyn Cyclones


Principal Owner: Sterling Equites

Team Website

TWITTER: @BKCyclones

Stadium: MCU Park

Date Built: 2001



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2010, the stadium naming rights were sold to Municipal Credit Union

(MCU) and the agreement is set to run for eleven years.

Team: Connecticut Tigers


Principal Owner: Miles Prentice

Team Website

TWITTER: @thecttigers

Stadium: Dodd Stadium

http://www.muckdogs.com/

https://twitter.com/BataviaMuckdogs


http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/

https://twitter.com/BKCyclones

http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/mcupark/mcupark/

http://www.cttigers.com/

https://twitter.com/thecttigers


Date Built: 1995

Facility Cost ($/Mil): 8.8

Facility Financing: The department of Development of Economic and Community

Development paid $6 million, the city of Norwich paid $700,000, another $700,000 came from

the Norwich Community Development Corporation, $500,000 was received from the

Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, and the team added $400,000.

Facility Website

UPDATE: A ten-year stadium lease extension was approved in 2019.

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named after former U.S. Senator Thomas Dodd.

Team: Hudson Valley Renegades


Principal Owner: Goldklang Group

Team Website

TWITTER: @HVRenegades

Stadium: Dutchess Stadium

Date Built: 1994



Facility Website

UPDATE: Ahead of the 2019 season, the Renegades modified concession offerings, installed

new seats, and announced that Dutchess County had set aside an addition $2.4 million for

renovations to the stadium over the next five years.

NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium that is located in

Dutchess County.

Team: Lowell Spinners


Principal Owner: Dave Heller

Team Website

TWITTER: @LowellSpinners

Stadium: LeLacheur Park

Date Built: 1998



Facility Website


http://www.hvrenegades.com/

https://twitter.com/HVRenegades


http://www.lowellspinners.com/

https://twitter.com/LowellSpinners



NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium, but it bares the name

of former State Representative Edward LeLacheur.

Team: Mahoning Valley Scrappers


Principal Owner: HWS Group

Team Website

TWITTER: @mvscrappers

Stadium: Eastwood Field

Date Built: 1999


Facility Financing: William Cafaro privately funded the stadium.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.

Team: State College Spikes


Principal Owner: State College Professional Baseball LP

Team Website

TWITTER: @SCSpikes

Stadium: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park

Date Built: 2006



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named after two individuals. The first is Charles

“Chuck” Medlar, who was a fixture at Penn State College for over forty years. The second is

Anthony P. Lubrano, who is a graduate of Penn State College and made a $2.5 million donation

for the stadium.

http://www.mvscrappers.com/

https://twitter.com/mvscrappers


http://www.statecollegespikes.com/

https://twitter.com/SCSpikes



Team: Staten Island Yankees


Principal Owner: New York Yankees

Team Website

TWITTER: @SIYanks

Stadium: Richmond County Bank Ballpark

Date Built: 2001



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Richmond County Bank recently renewed the naming-rights agreement

through 2021. The original agreement called for annual payments of $400,000 per year.

Team: Tri-City ValleyCats


Principal Owner: William Gladstone

Team Website

TWITTER: @ValleyCats

Stadium: Joseph L. Bruno Stadium

Date Built: 2002


Facility Financing: 100% public through a state grant. The ValleyCats have a lease agreement

to use the facility.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after former New York Senator Joseph L. Bruno.

Team: Vermont Lake Monsters


Principal Owner: Ray Pecor, Jr.

Team Website

TWITTER: @VTLakeMonsters

Stadium: Centennial Field

Date Built: 1922



http://www.siyanks.com/

https://twitter.com/SIYanks


http://www.tcvalleycats.com/

https://twitter.com/ValleyCats

https://twitter.com/ValleyCats


http://www.vermontlakemonsters.com/

https://twitter.com/VTLakeMonsters


Facility Website


Team: West Virginia Black Bears


Principal Owner: Robert Rich, Jr.

Team Website

TWITTER: @WVBlackBears

Stadium: Monongalia County Ballpark

Date Built: 2015


Facility Financing: The ballpark was labeled as a Tax Increment Financing District. This

structure allows developers to use sales tax generated in the District to pay for the $21 million

stadium. Any excess is to be covered by West Virginia University.

Facility Website


Team: Williamsport Crosscutters


Principal Owner: Peter B. Freund (Trinity Sports Holdings)

Team Website

TWITTER: @crosscutters

Stadium: BB & T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

Date Built: 1923


Facility Financing: The stadium was privately financed.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The State of Pennsylvania approved a $600,000 grant to upgrade BB&T Ballpark at

Historic Bowman Field. This was announced following the 2018 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2014, BB&T Bank (formerly Susquehanna Bank) and the City of

Williamsport agreed on a five-year naming-rights contract.

https://www.milb.com/vermont/ballpark/centennial

http://www.westvirginiablackbears.com/

https://twitter.com/WVBlackBears


http://www.crosscutters.com/

https://twitter.com/crosscutters



NORTHWEST LEAGUE (A-SHORT SEASON)

Team: Boise Hawks


Principal Owner: Boise Baseball, LLC

Team Website

TWITER: @BoiseHawks

Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Date Built: 1989


Facility Financing: A group that was led by Bill and Cord Pereira privately funded the stadium.

Facility Website


Team: Eugene Emeralds


Principal Owner: David Elmore (Elmore Sports Group, Ltd.)

Team Website

TWITTER: @EugeneEmeralds

Stadium: PK Park

Date Built: 2010


Facility Financing: The stadium is located on the University of Oregon property and was

financed through guaranteed University of Oregon loans.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after Pat Kilenny, former athletic director at the

University of Oregon, where the stadium is located.

Team: Everett AquaSox


Principal Owner: 7th Inning Stretch, LLC

Team Website

TWITTER: @EverettAquaSox

Stadium: Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium

Date Built: 1984

https://www.milb.com/northwest

http://www.boisehawks.com/

https://twitter.com/BoiseHawks

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20090313&content_id=40997878&sid=t480&vkey=tickets

http://www.go-ems.com/

https://twitter.com/EugeneEmeralds


http://www.aquasox.com/

https://twitter.com/EverettAquaSox




Facility Website

UPDATE: The team has agreed to extend its player development contract with the Seattle

Mariners to run through the 2020 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2019, the Everett School Board approved a $1.1 million, eight-year

sponsorship agreement with local toymaker, Funko.

Team: Hillsboro Hops


Principal Owner: Short Season LLC.

Team Website

TWITTER: @HillsboroHops

Stadium: Ron Tonkin Field

Date Built: 2013


Facility Financing: The facility is city owned and the construction was funded through $12

million of faith-and-credit bonds.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after former car dealer Ed Tonkin. The family

acquired the naming rights in a ten-year deal requiring payments of $150,000 annually.

Team: Salem-Keiser Volcanoes


Principal Owner: Jerry Walker and William Tucker

Team Website

TWITTER: @SKVolcanoes

Stadium: Volcanoes Stadium

Date Built: 1997



Facility Website

UPDATE: In 2018, the Volcanoes announced a new indoor training facility for the team and

general public.



http://www.hillsborohops.com/

https://twitter.com/HillsboroHops


http://www.volcanoesbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/SKVolcanoes



Team: Spokane Indians


Principal Owner: Bobby Brett

Team Website

TWITTER: @spokaneindians

Stadium: Avista Stadium

Date Built: 1958



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Avista, an energy company, currently holds the naming rights to the

stadium, but details were not available.

Team: Tri-City Dust Devils


Principal Owner: George Brett (Northwest Baseball Ventures)

Team Website

TWITTER: @TC_DustDevils

Stadium: Gesa Stadium

Date Built: 1995



Facility Website

UPDATE: The team has extended its player development contract with the Padres through the

2018 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: Gesa Credit Union purchased the naming rights to the stadium in 2008.

The agreement is said to span ten years, but the exact financial details were not available.

Team: Vancouver Canadians


Principal Owner: Jake Kerr

Team Website

TWITTER: @vancanadians


https://twitter.com/spokaneindians


http://www.dustdevilsbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/TC_DustDevils


http://www.canadiansbaseball.com/

https://twitter.com/vancanadians


Stadium: Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium

Date Built: 1951



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2010, Scotiabank purchased the multi-year naming rights of the field,

but details of the agreement were not released.

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140226&content_id=68392580&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t435&sid=t435


APPALACHIAN LEAGUE (ROOKIE)

Team: Bluefield Blue Jays


Principal Owner: Bluefield Baseball Club

Team Website

TWITTER: @BluefieldJays

Stadium: Bowen Field at Peters Park

Date Built: 1939



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2017, the Blue Jays added ‘Peters Park’ in honor of Bluefield donor,

Charles Peters.

Team: Bristol Pirates

Affiliate: Pittsburg Pirates (2014)


Team Website

TWITTER: @BriBucs

Stadium: Boyce Cox Field at DeVault Memorial Stadium

Date Built: 1969



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named after Boyce Cox, a Bristol native and former

professional baseball player. The stadium is named after Charlton Ross DeVault, Sr., who was

the former president of the Appalachian League.

Team: Burlington Royals


Principal Owner: Miles Wolff

Team Website

TWITTER: @BRoyalsKC

Stadium: Burlington Athletic Stadium

https://www.milb.com/appalachian



https://twitter.com/BluefieldJays




https://twitter.com/BriBucs




https://twitter.com/BRoyalsKC


Date Built: 1958



Facility Website

UPDATE: The Royals announced that the stadium would be undergoing $1.2 million in

improvements. This would include a new entryway, new merchandise store, upgraded restrooms,

a four-window box office with new equipment, and the completion of offices for the front office

staff.


Team: Danville Braves


Principal Owner: Liberty Media

Team Website

TWITTER: @DanvilleBraves

Stadium: American Legion Field

Date Built: 1993



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium’s name comes from the city’s American Memorial Legion

Post 325.

Team: Elizabethton Twins


Principal Owner: City of Elizabethton.

Team Website

TWITTER: @ETwinsBaseball

Stadium: Joe O’Brien Field at Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark

Date Built: 1974



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The Twins announced a naming-rights partnership in 2019 with Northeast

Community Credit Union. The agreement is an eight-year, $405,000 partnership.




https://twitter.com/DanvilleBraves




https://twitter.com/ETwinsBaseball



Team: Greeneville Reds


Principal Owner: Cincinnati Reds

Team Website

TWITTER: @GvilleReds

Stadium: Pioneer Park (Tusculum College)

Date Built: 2004



Facility Website

UPDATE: Prior to the 2018 season, Greenville agreed to a player-development agreement with

the Cincinnati Reds.

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is located on the campus of Tusculum College, whose nickname

is the Pioneers.

Team: Johnson City Cardinals


Principal Owner: St. Louis Cardinals

Team Website

TWITTER: @JC_Cardinals

Stadium: TVA Credit Union Ballpark

Date Built: 1956



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In 2016, the Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union, a non-profit

cooperative, bought the naming rights to the stadium. While the stadium will be named TVA

Credit Union Ballpark, the playing surface will still be known as Howard Johnson Field.

http://www.milb.com/greenville

http://www.milb.com/greenville

https://twitter.com/GvilleReds




https://twitter.com/JC_Cardinals



Team: Kingsport Mets

Affiliate: New York Mets


Team Website

TWITTER: @Kingsport_Mets

Stadium: Hunter Wright Stadium

Date Built: 1995


Facility Financing: The stadium is municipally owned, but financial details were not available.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named after a former mayor of Kingsport.

Team: Princeton Rays

Affiliate: Tampa Rays (1997)

Principal Owner: Tampa Bay Rays

Team Website

TWITTER: @PrincetonRays

Stadium: H.P. Hunnicutt Field

Date Built: 1988



Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is currently named after the H.P and Anne S. Hunnicutt

Foundation, which helped develop the ballpark.

Team: Pulaski Yankees


Principal Owner: David Hagan and Larry Shelor

Team Website

TWITTER: @pulaskiyanks

Stadium: Motor Mile Field at Calfee Park

Date Built: 1935

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3 (estimated renovations in 2015)

Facility Financing: Renovations (2015) were privately financed.

Facility Website



https://twitter.com/Kingsport_Mets




https://twitter.com/PrincetonRays




https://twitter.com/pulaskiyanks



UPDATE: The Yankees will begin renovating the third-base side of the park during the 2019

season. Additionally, there will be a new concourse, concession areas, seating, and a new

souvenir store.

NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark is currently named after former Pulaski mayor Ernest W.

Calfee.


PIONEER LEAGUE (ROOKIE)

Team: Billings Mustangs


Principal Owner: Dave Heller and Bob Herrfeldt

Team Website

TWITTER: @Mustangs

Stadium: Dehler Park

Date Built: 2008


Facility Financing: The City of Billings passed a bond issue to finance the cost of the stadium.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: Local businessman Jon Dehler purchased the naming rights to the stadium,

but financial details were not available.

Team: Grand Junction Rockies


Principal Owner: Grand Junction Rockies LLC.

Team Website

TWITTER: @GJRockies

Stadium: Sam Suplizio Field

Date Built: 1949

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8.3 (2012 renovation)


Facility Website

UPDATE: The team hosted the 2018 Pioneer League-Northwest League All-Star Game.

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is currently named after long time Grand Junction baseball

fixture Sam Suplizio

Team: Great Falls Voyagers


Principal Owner: Great Falls Baseball Club

Team Website

TWITTER: @gfvoyagers

http://www.billingsmustangs.com/

https://twitter.com/Mustangs


http://www.gjrockies.com/

https://twitter.com/GJRockies


http://www.gfvoyagers.com/

https://twitter.com/gfvoyagers


Stadium: Centene Stadium

Date Built: 1941

Facility Cost ($/Mil): $2.2 (2003 Renovation)

Facility Financing: The renovation costs were funded through private donations and $600,000

from the city.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The Centene Corporation purchased the naming rights to the stadium, but

financial details were not available.

Team: Idaho Falls Chukars


Principal Owner: David Elmore (Elmore Sports Group)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ifchukars

Stadium: Melaleuca Field

Date Built: 2007


Facility Financing: A city sponsored fundraising effort led to most of the funds, and a private

donation from The Wellness Company added an additional $600,000.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named Melaleuca Field in honor of the donation that

Melaleuca Inc. made to the fundraising effort.

Team: Missoula Osprey


Principal Owner: Mountain Baseball, LLC.

Team Website

TWITTER: @ospreybaseball

Stadium: Ogren Park at Allegiance Field

Date Built: 2004


Facility Financing: Funds for the stadium were contributed from different areas, but the main

contributors were the city and a non-profit organization called Play Ball Missoula.

Facility Website

UPDATE: The team extended their player development contract with the Diamondbacks

through the 2020 season.


http://www.ifchukars.com/

https://twitter.com/ifchukars


http://www.missoulaosprey.com/

https://twitter.com/ospreybaseball



NAMING RIGHTS: The field formerly known as Play Ball Park was renamed to Ogren Park at

Allegiance field in 2006. Allegiance Benefit Plan Management and Kathy Ogren combined to

contribute $1 million for the naming rights.

Team: Ogden Raptors


Principal Owner: Dave Baggott, John Lindquist (Ogden Professional Baseball, Inc.)

Team Website

TWITTER: @ogdenraptors

Stadium: Lindquist Field

Date Built: 1997


Facility Financing: The City of Ogden provided $750,000 and the rest of the cost was funded

through private donations.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: John Lindquist, a local businessman and part owner of the team, donated

$1 million for the naming rights of the stadium.

Team: Orem Owlz


Principal Owner: Jeff Katofsky

Team Website

TWITTER: @OremOwlz

Stadium: UCCU Ballpark

Date Built: 2005


Facility Financing: Publically funded by Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley

University) through a Utah County issued bond.

Facility Website

NAMING RIGHTS: In December 2017, Utah Community Credit Union obtained naming rights

under a ten-year agreement.

http://www.ogden-raptors.com/

https://twitter.com/ogdenraptors


http://www.oremowlz.com/

https://twitter.com/OremOwlz



Team: Rocky Mountain Vibes


Principal Owner: D. G. Elmore

Team Website

TWITTER: @vibesbaseball

Stadium: UC Health Park

Date Built: 1988



Facility Website

UPDATE: The team relocated from Helena, MT before the 2019 season.

NAMING RIGHTS: UC Health purchased naming-rights in May 2019.

https://www.milb.com/rocky-mountain

https://www.milb.com/rocky-mountain

https://twitter.com/vibesbaseball

https://www.milb.com/rocky-mountain/ballpark


ARIZONA LEAGUE (ROOKIE) *Games are played on team complex fields

Team: AZL Angels

Principal Owner: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Complex: Angels Minor League Complex (at Tempe Diablo Stadium)

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Athletics

Principal Owner: Oakland Athletics

Complex: Fitch Park

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Brewers

Principal Owner: Milwaukee Brewers

Complex: American Family Fields of Phoenix

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Cubs

Principal Owner: Chicago Cubs

Complex: Cubs Park (at Sloan Park)

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Diamondbacks

Principal Owner: Arizona Diamondbacks

Complex: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Dodgers

https://www.milb.com/arizona


https://www.mlb.com/angels/spring-training/ballpark


https://www.mesaparks.com/parks-facilities/parks/fitch-park


http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=mil


http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/mesa/


http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=ari


Principal Owner: Los Angeles Dodgers

Complex: Camelback Ranch - Glendale

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Giants

Principal Owner: San Francisco Giants

Complex: Scottsdale Stadium

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Indians

Principal Owner: Cleveland Indians

Complex: Cleveland Indians Player Development Complex (at Goodyear Ballpark)

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Mariners

Principal Owner: Seattle Mariners

Complex: Peoria Sports Complex

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Padres

Principal Owner: San Diego Padres

Complex: Peoria Sports Complex

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Rangers

Principal Owner: Texas Rangers

Complex: Surprise Recreation Campus

Team Website

Facility Website


http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=la


https://www.mlb.com/giants/spring-training/ballpark


http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=cle


http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=sea


http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=sd


http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=tex


Team: AZL Reds

Principal Owner: Cincinnati Reds

Complex: Cincinnati Reds Player Development Complex (at Goodyear Ballpark)

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL Royals

Principal Owner: Kansas City Royals

Complex: Papago Park Baseball Complex

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: AZL White Sox

Principal Owner: Chicago White Sox

Complex: Camelback Ranch - Glendale

Team Website

Facility Website


http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=cin


https://www.phoenix.gov/parks/sports/complexes/papago


http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=cws


GULF COAST LEAGUE (ROOKIE) *Games are played on team complex fields

Team: GCL Astros

Principal Owner: Houston Astros

Complex: FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Blue Jays

Principal Owner: Toronto Blue Jays

Complex: Bobby Mattick Training Center at Engelbert Complex

Team Website


Team: GCL Braves

Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves

Complex: Champion Stadium

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Cardinals

Principal Owner: St. Louis Cardinals

Complex: Cardinals Complex (at Roger Dean Stadium)

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Marlins

Principal Owner: Miami Marlins

Complex: Marlins Complex (at Roger Dean Stadium)

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Mets

https://www.milb.com/gulf-coast


http://houston.astros.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=hou



https://www.mlb.com/braves/spring-training/ballpark


http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=stl


http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=mia



Complex: First Data Field

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Nationals

Principal Owner: Washington Nationals

Complex: The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Orioles

Principal Owner: Baltimore Orioles

Complex: Ed Smith Stadium Complex

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Phillies 1 & 2


Complex: Spectrum Field & Carpenter Complex

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Pirates


Complex: Pirate City

Team Website 1

Team Website 2

Facility Website

Team: GCL Rays

Principal Owner: Tampa Bay Rays

Complex: Charlotte Sports Park


http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=nym


http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=was


http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=bal


http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=phi


http://m.milb.com/t5372/

http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/pit/ballpark/pirate_city.jsp


Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Red Sox

Principal Owner: Boston Red Sox

Complex: JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Tigers 1 & 2

Principal Owner: Detroit Tigers

Complex: Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium

Team Website (Tigers 1)

Team Website (Tigers 2)

Facility Website

Team: GCL Twins

Principal Owner: Minnesota Twins

Complex: CentruyLink Sports Complex

Team Website

Facility Website

Team: GCL Yankees 1 & 2

Principal Owner: New York Yankees

Complex: Himes Complex

Team Website (Yankees 1)

Team Website (Yankees 2)



http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=tb


http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/jetblue_park.jsp



http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=det


http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=min



Documents

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALLTM · Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (2003) Principal Owner: Rochester Community Baseball, Inc. Team Value: As of July 2016, $27.5 million (Revenue: $8.5 million;