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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 $2.5 million on the naming rights contract with the City of Buffalo. Thus, the stadium was
renamed Dunn Tire Park. Then in 2008, the Bisons agreed to a ten-year naming rights deal with
the Coca-Cola Company. In 2018, a similar deal was signed with Sahlen Packing Company
through 2028.
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Team: Charlotte Knights
Affiliate: Chicago White Sox (1999)
Principal Owner: Don Beaver & Bill Allen
Team Value: As of 2016, 47.5 million (Revenue: 17.0 million Operating Income : 5.0 million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @KnightsBaseball
Stadium: BB&T Ballpark
Date Built: 2014
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $54
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: $4.0
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @CLBClippers
Stadium: Huntington Park
Date Built: 2009
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $70
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.
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Team: Durham Bulls
Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays (1998)
Principal Owner: Jim Goodmon (Capitol Broadcasting Co.)
Team Value: As of July 2016, $39 million (Revenue: $14.5 million; Operating Income: $3.9
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @DurhamBulls
Stadium: Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/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 $10,000
renovation of local parks.
The park has begun including more local vendors as of the 2018 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Team: Gwinnett Stripers
Affiliate: Atlanta Braves (1966)
Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves (Liberty Media)
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoStripers
Stadium: Coolray Field
Date Built: 2009
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $64
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.
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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: $1.6
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @Indyindians
Stadium: Victory Field
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $20
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: $4.1
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @IronPigs
Stadium: Coca-Cola Park
Date Built: 2008
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $50.25
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
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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 $2 million for lifetime naming rights to the Stadium.
Team: Norfolk Tides
Affiliate: Baltimore Orioles (2007)
Principal Owner: Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @NorfolkTides
Stadium: Harbor Park
Date Built: 1993
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $16
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.
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Team: Pawtucket Red Sox
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox (1973)
Principal Owner: Larry Lucchino and partners
Team Value: As of July 2016, $30 million (Revenue: $10 million; Operating Income: $0.8
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @PawSox
Stadium: McCoy Stadium
Date Built: 1942
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $1.5
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: $0.4
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RocRedWings
Stadium: Frontier Field
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $35.3
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
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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
Team Value: As of July 2016, $28 million (Revenue: $9.5 million; Operating Income: $0.2
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @swbrailriders
Stadium: PNC Field
Date Built: 1989
Facility Cost ($/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 $1.1
million. PNC now has a yearly renewal option for up to an additional seven years.
Team: Syracuse Mets
Affiliate: New York Mets (2019)
Principal Owner: New York Mets
Team Website
TWITTER: @SyracuseMets
Stadium: NBT Bank Stadium
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $28
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
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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: $2.7 million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @MudHens
Stadium: Fifth Third Field
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $39.2
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, $5 million naming rights deal
with Fifth Third Bank that will expire after the 2016 season. Fifth Third Bank has decided to
extend their naming rights agreement with the Toledo Mud Hens. The new agreement is for 12
years and will last through 2028. The financial portion of the agreement was not revealed.
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MEXICAN LEAGUE (AAA)
Team: Rieleros de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes Railroad
Workers)
Principal Owner: Victor Manuel López López, Julio Diaz Torre Llamas, Llamas Torre Jaime
Diaz, Rodolfo Landeros Verdugo, Ricardo Ibarra and Joseph Eustace Lomelín Alvarez Flores
(c/o Contructora Maiz Mier)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RielerosDeAgs
Stadium: Parque Alberto Romo Chávez
Date Built: 1938
Facility Website: N/A
UPDATE: The park will be demolished at the end of the 2019 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: Named for former Mexican League pitcher Alberto Romo Chávez.
Team: Piratas de Campeche (Campeche Pirates)
Principal Owner: Alvaro Lebrija
Team Website
TWITTER: @PiratasCompeche
Stadium: Estadio Nelson Barrera Romellón
Date Built: 2001
Facility Website: N/A
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the Mexican League’s home run king, Nelson
Barrera.
Team: Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Dos Loredos Owls)
Principal Owner: José Antonio Galán Mansur
Team Website
TWITTER: @LaredosTecos
Stadium: Parque la Junta and Uni-Trade Stadium
Date Built: 1947 and 2011
Facility Cost: ($/Mil): N/A
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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
Facility Website: N/A
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
Facility Website: N/A
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.
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Team: Bravos de León (León Braves)
Principal Owner: Mauricio Martínez Alvizu
Team Website
TWITTER: @NacimosBravos
Stadium: Estadio Domingo Santana
Date Built: 1973
Facility Website: N/A
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
Facility Website: N/A
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
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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)
Facility Website: N/A
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.
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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
Facility Website: N/A
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
Date Built: 1963 (renovated 2011)
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.
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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
Facility Website: N/A
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.
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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: $1.9
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ABQTopes
Stadium: Isotopes Park
Date Built: 2003
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $25
Facility Financing: $10 million in general-obligation bonds and a $15 million loan from the
New Mexico Finance Authority
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Isotopes have extended their player-development contract with the Rockies
through the 2022 seaosn.
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming-rights agreements for Isotopes Park.
Team: San Antonio Missions
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers (2019)
Principal Owner: David G. Elmore (Elmore Group, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @missionsmilb
Stadium: Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $10.5
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.
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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: $2.4
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @epchihuahuas
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Date Built: 2014
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $72
Facility Financing: Publicly financed through city-issued bonds paid back through a hotel
occupancy tax, rent payments by owners, ticket sales, and parking revenue.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In March 2014, the Chihuahuas signed a twenty-year naming rights
agreement with Southwest University to name the stadium Southwest University Park. The
terms of the deal were not released.
Team: Fresno Grizzlies
Affiliate: Washington Nationals (2019)
Principal Owner: Fresno Sports & Events
Team Website
TWITTER: @FresnoGrizzlies
Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $46
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.
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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
Team Value (as of July 2016): $30 million (Revenue: $10.5 million; Operating Income: $2.2
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @IowaCubs
Stadium: Principal Park
Date Built: 1992
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $12
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In August 2004, the Principal Financial Group, Inc. bought the naming
rights to Sec Taylor Stadium for $2.5 million and changed the name to Principal Park. In 2017,
the naming rights were extended for another 10 years, through the 2027.
Team: Las Vegas Aviators
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics (2019)
Principal Owner: Steve Mack, Bart Wear, and Chris Kaempfer (Summerlin Las Vegas
Baseball, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @AviatorsLV
Stadium: Las Vegas Ballpark
Date Built: 2018
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $150
Facility Financing: $80 million was publicly financed, and the remainder privately funded by
the Howard Hughes corporation.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: N/A
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Team: Memphis Redbirds
Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (1998)
Principal Owner: Peter Freund
Team Website
TWITTER: @memphisredbirds
Stadium: AutoZone Park
Date Built: 2000
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $80.5
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: $0.3
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @nashvillesounds
Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Date Built: 2014
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $91
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 $5 million
capitalized interest during construction. The city will own the stadium and lease it to the Sounds
through 2045.
Facility Website
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NAMING RIGHTS: First Tennessee Bank signed a ten-year naming partnership with the
Sounds for the new park, with an option to extend for another ten years. Financial terms of the
deal were not released.
Team: New Orleans Baby Cakes
Affiliate: Miami Marlins (2009)
Principal Owner: Lou Schwechheimer (Yes2No, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @cakesbaseball
Stadium: Shrine on Airline
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $26
Facility Financing: The state of Louisiana funded $21 million as part of a capital outlay bill and
ownership funded $5 million for amenities.
Facility Website: N/A
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
Team Value: As of July 2016, $33 million (Revenue: $12 million; Operating Income: $2.1
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @okc_dodgers
Stadium: Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
Date Built: 1998
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $34
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
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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: -$0.8
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @OMAStormChasers
Stadium: Werner Park
Date Built: 2011
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $29.405
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 $305,000 per year over five years with an option to
extend the deal. In May 2014, Werner exercised their option to extend the deal until 2020.
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Team: Reno Aces
Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (1998)
Principal Owner: Stuart Katzoff, Jerry Katzoff, Herb Simon, and Steve Simon (SK Baseball,
LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @Aces
Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Date Built: 2009
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $58
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)
Team Value: As of July 2016, $40 million (Revenue: $14.5 million; Operating Income: $3.5
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RRExpress
Stadium: The Dell Diamond
Date Built: 2000
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $25
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.
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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; $5.6 million in operating
income)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RiverCats
Stadium: Raley Field
Date Built: 2000
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $29.5
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: $0.9
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @SaltLakeBees
Stadium: Smith’s Ballpark
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $22
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, $1.4 million for the naming rights agreement with the
Bees. In 1997, the stadium’s name was changed to Franklin Covey Field after Franklin Quest
merged with the Covey Leadership Center becoming Franklin Covey. In 2009, the Bees signed a
five-year naming rights agreement with Spring Mobile to rename the stadium Spring Mobile
Ballpark. In March 2014, Smith's Food & Drug Stores Inc. signed a six-year naming rights
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agreement with the Bees to rename the stadium Smith’s Ballpark. The terms of the deal were not
disclosed.
Team: Tacoma Rainiers
Affiliate: Seattle Mariners (1995)
Principal Owner: Mikal Thomsen (The Baseball Club of Tacoma)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RainiersLand
Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Date Built: 1960
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.940
Facility Financing: Publicly financed by the city while Ben Cheney provided $100,000 for cost
overruns.
Facility Website
UPDATE: The reserve team of the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer, known at the time
as Seattle Sounders FC 2, moved to Cheney Stadium in 2018. The team rebranded as the Tacoma
Defiance in 2019 but maintained the Sounders affiliation. The club plans to build their own
soccer-specific stadium in a nearby parking lot with assistance from the Rainiers and aims to
open the new ground in 2021. Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League announced
their move to Cheney Stadium in 2019, and will join the Defiance at the new stadium.
NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark is named for Tacoma businessman Ben Cheney, who was
instrumental in bringing a Pacific Coast League team to Tacoma.
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EASTERN LEAGUE (AA)
Team: Akron RubberDucks
Affiliate: Cleveland Indians (1989)
Principal Owner: Ken Babby
Team Website
TWITTER: @AkronRubberDuck
Stadium: Canal Park
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $35.3
Facility Financing: $29.65 million from the City of Akron and $5.65 million from the State of
Ohio’s capital budget.
Facility Website
UPDATE: In 2018, the team extended their netting to the far end of both dugouts.
Canal Park also received new LED lighting installations prior to the 2019 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: The Ohio and Erie Canal runs behind the left-field wall of the stadium, so
the stadium is named Canal Park.
Team: Altoona Curve
Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates (1999)
Principal Owner: Bob and Joan Lozinak
Team Website
TWITTER: @AltoonaCurve
Stadium: Peoples Natural Gas Field
Date Built: 1999
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $20
Facility Financing: $10.8 million from the State of Pennsylvania.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Blair County Ballpark. In January
2012, the Altoona Curve and Peoples Natural Gas entered into a naming-rights agreement. The
terms of the deal have not been released.
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Team: Binghamton Rumble Ponies
Affiliate: New York Mets (1992)
Principal Owner: Evans Street Baseball (John Hughes)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RumblePoniesBB
Stadium: NYSEG Stadium
Date Built: 1992
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $4.6
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 $5.1 million worth of upgrades for 2019 and exercised an
option to extend their lease through 2026. Additionally, the team extended their player
development contract with the New York Mets through the 2022 season.
The stadium upgrades will focus on the building’s infrastructure and work to enhance the overall
fan experience. This will include new seats, system upgrades, turf replacement, new video
boards, a new sound system, renovated clubhouse, new fencing, and new netting.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Binghamton Municipal Stadium. In
2001, New York State Electric and Gas signed a naming-rights agreement with the Mets to name
the stadium NYSEG Stadium. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Team: Bowie Baysox
Affiliate: Baltimore Orioles (1989)
Principal Owner: Ken Young (Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @BowieBaysox
Stadium: Prince George's Stadium
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $10
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The team announced in 2016 that it would sell the naming rights to the
stadium. To date, however, no partnership has been agreed to.
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Team: Erie SeaWolves
Affiliate: Detroit Tigers (2001)
Principal Owner: Fernando Aguirre
Team Website
TWITTER: @erie_seawolves
Stadium: UPMC Park
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $9
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
$25,000.
Facility Website
UPDATE: Prior to the 2019 season, the SeaWolves added Augmented Reality to UPMC Park.
NAMING RIGHTS: In September 2016, the Seawolves and UPMC signed a 5-year initial
agreement for naming rights.
Team: Harrisburg Senators
Affiliate: Washington Nationals (2005)
Principal Owner: Mark Butler (Senators Partners, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @HbgSenators
Stadium: FNB Field
Date Built: 1987
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $1.3
Facility Financing: Publicly funded
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Riverside Stadium. In 2004,
Commerce Bank signed a fifteen-year, $3.5 million naming rights deal with the Harrisburg
Senators for the stadium to be renamed Commerce Bank Park. In 2009, the stadium’s name was
changed to Metro Bank Park after Commerce Bank and Republic First Bank merged to form
Metro Bank. Metro Bank Park is now called FNB Field. First National Bank merged with Metro
Bank’s Parent Company, Metro Bancorp, Inc. First National Bank will stick with the current
naming rights agreement that is currently in place. In 2018, the Senators and FNB extended these
rights for ten years.
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Team: Hartford Yard Goats
Affiliate: Colorado Rockies (2015)
Principal Owner: Josh Soloman, Jim Soloman, and Jennifer Goorno
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoYardGoats
Stadium: Dunkin Donuts Park
Date Built: 2017
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $56
Facility Financing: The stadium is completely taxpayer funded.
Facility Website
UPDATE: The first phase of a development deal will be completed by 2020. This deal will bring
around 200 mixed-income apartments, 11,000 square feet of retail and community space, and a
250-space parking garage on land beyond the Park’s wall.
NAMING RIGHTS: Dunkin’ Donuts bought the naming rights to the new stadium in Hartford.
The terms of the naming rights agreement were not disclosed. The Dunkin’ Donuts name and
logo will be on prominent signage and the logo will also be on the outfield grass.
Team: New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays (2003)
Principal Owner: Art Solomon (DSF Sports)
Team Website
TWITTER: @FisherCats
Stadium: Northeast Delta Dental Stadium
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $21
Facility Financing: The City of Manchester officials financed the venture with $27.5 million in
municipal bonds
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Fisher Cats Ballpark. In 2006, the
stadium was renamed Merchantsauto.com Stadium. Beginning in 2011, the stadium was
renamed Northeast Delta Dental Stadium after Northeast Delta Dental signed a ten-year naming
rights agreement with the Fisher Cats. The agreement includes a five-year option, but financial
details were not disclosed.
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Team: Portland Sea Dogs
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox (2003)
Principal Owner: Bill Burke
Team Website
TWITTER: @PortlandSeaDogs
Stadium: Hadlock Field
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3
Facility Financing: N/A
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
Affiliate: Philadelphia Phillies (1967)
Principal Owner: Philadelphia Phillies
Team Value (as of July 2016): $30 million (Revenue: $9.5 million; Operating Income: $2.0
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ReadingFightins
Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium
Date Built: 1951
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.656674
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.
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Team: Richmond Flying Squirrels
Affiliate: San Francisco Giants (2003)
Principal Owner: Lou DiBella
Team Value: As of July 2016, $29 million (Revenue: $9.5 million; Operating Income: $1.8
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoSquirrels
Stadium: The Diamond
Date Built: 1985
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8
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
Affiliate: New York Yankees (2003)
Principal Owner: Joe Plumeri, Joe Finley, and Joe Caruso (Garden State Baseball, LP)
Team Value (as of July 2016): $26.5 million (Revenue: $9.0 million; Operating Income: $0.7
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TrentonThunder
Stadium: Arm & Hammer Park
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $16.2
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
$1 from each ticket sold.
Facility Website
UPDATE: In 2018, the team elected to upgrade the luxury suites, restroom facilities, a new
picnic area, and new menu items at the concession stands.
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NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Mercer County Waterfront Park. In
2012, Church & Dwight Co. purchased the naming rights under a twenty-year deal. The stadium
is now called Arm & Hammer Park. The details of the deal were not disclosed.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE (AA)
Team: Biloxi Shuckers
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers (1999)
Principal Owner: Ken Young
Team Website
TWITTER: @BiloxiShuckers
Stadium: MGM Park
Date Built: 2015
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $36
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
Affiliate: Chicago White Sox (1986)
Principal Owner: Don Logan, Jeff Logan, and Stan Logan (Birmingham Barons, LLC)
Team Value: As of July 2016, $35 million (Revenue: $12.5 million; Operating Income: $2.7
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @BhamBarons
Stadium: Regions Field
Date Built: 2013
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $64
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 $500,000 per year deal for naming
rights of the park.
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Team: Chattanooga Lookouts
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds (2019)
Principal Owner: Jason Freier and John Woods (Hardball Capital Group)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ChattLookouts
Stadium: AT&T Field
Date Built: 2000
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $10
Facility Financing: The project was privately financed by the Lookouts ownership
Facility Website: N/A
NAMING RIGHTS: BellSouth entered into a ten-year, $1 million deal with the Chattanooga
Lookouts in 1999 for the naming rights to their new stadium. On March 15, 2007, the Lookouts
unveiled a new name and logo for their ballpark. The name of the ballpark was changed from
BellSouth Park to AT&T Field to reflect the merger between AT&T and BellSouth Corp. No
information on an extension to the deal has been released, but the stadium name remains
unchanged.
Team: Jackson Generals
Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (2017)
Principal Owner: Jackson Baseball Club LP
Team Website
TWITTER: @jacksongenerals
Stadium: The Ballpark at Jackson
Date Built: 1998
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8
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.
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Team: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
Affiliate: Florida Marlins (2009)
Principal Owner: Ken Babby
Team Value (as of July 2016): $27.5 million (Revenue: $9.5 million; Operating Income: $0.6
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @JaxShrimp
Stadium: Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville
Date Built: 2003
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $34
Facility Financing: The stadium was publicly financed by the City of Jacksonville through taxes
as part of the “Better Jacksonville Plan.”
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was renamed Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds of
Jacksonville after the death of the Suns’ longtime owner Peter Bragan, Sr. in July 2012.
Team: Mississippi Braves
Affiliate: Atlanta Braves (1984)
Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves (Liberty Media)
Team Website
TWITTER: @mbraves
Stadium: Trustmark Park
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $28
Facility Financing: The Park was built with private money as a part of a large, mixed-use
development.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Trustmark entered into a fifteen-year naming rights agreement with the
Mississippi Braves for their new stadium, Trustmark Park, in 2005. The price paid by Trustmark
is unknown.
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Team: Mobile BayBears
Affiliate: Los Angeles Angles (2017)
Principal Owner: Ralph Nelson
Team Website
TWITTER: @Mobile_BayBears
Stadium: Hank Aaron Stadium
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8
Facility Financing: Former franchise owner Eric Margenau paid $4 million and the City of
Mobile matched the contribution.
Facility Website
UPDATE: Following the 2019 season, the BayBears will relocate to Madison, Alabama. The
stadium is currently owned by the City of Mobile but sits on privately owned land upon which
the owner may terminate the lease. Due to the team’s imminent departure, the stadium will likely
be demolished.
NAMING RIGHTS: Hank Aaron Stadium is named after Mobile native Hank Aaron, MLB's
former all-time home run leader.
Team: Montgomery Biscuits
Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays (1999)
Principal Owner: Lou DiBella
Team Website
TWITTER: @BiscuitBaseball
Stadium: Riverwalk Stadium
Date Built: 2004
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $26
Facility Financing: The city is paying for the stadium with proceeds from a 2.5% hotel tax and
rent received from the Biscuits.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
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Team: Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (2019)
Principal Owner: Quint & Rishy Studer, Bubba Watson
Team Website
TWITTER: @BlueWahoosBBall
Stadium: Admiral Fetterman Field
Date Built: 2012
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $18
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
$2.25 million.
Facility Website
UPDATE: In 2019, the Blue Wahoos announced stadium upgrades included a re-sodding project
and a new twenty-foot LED dual video and scoreboard that would be completed prior to the 2020
season.
NAMING RIGHTS: In 2015, the Community Maritime Park Associates gave unanimous
approval Wednesday to Blue Wahoos Stadium to be named Admiral Jack Fetterman Field or
“Fetterman Field” for the shortened version. The latter posthumously honors the three-star vice
admiral in the U.S. Navy, who retired in Pensacola and became a prominent civic leader.
Fetterman, along with the late-Vince Whibbs Sr., were influential supporters in getting the
Community Maritime Park project approved by voters nearly a decade ago.
Team: Tennessee Smokies
Affiliate: Chicago Cubs (2007)
Principal Owner: Randy Boyd
Team Website
TWITTER: @smokiesbaseball
Stadium: Smokies Stadium
Date Built: 2000
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $19.4
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: In 2019, the team announced that they were looking to build a a new downtown
Knoxville ballpark.
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
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TEXAS LEAGUE (AA)
Team: Amarillo Sod Poodles
Affiliate: San Diego Padres (2007)
Principal Owner: David G. Elmore (Elmore Sports Group)
Team Website
TWITTER: @sodpoodles
Stadium: Hodgetown
Date Built: 2019
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $45.5
Facility Financing: Publicly-funded.
Facility Website
UPDATE: In 2017, David Elmore announced the relocation of the San Antonio Missions to
Amarillo. The name was decided by a ‘name-the-team’ contest.
NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark was named Hodgetown in honor of Amarillo pharmacist,
businessman, philanthropist, and former mayor Jerry Hodge.
Team: Arkansas Travelers
Affiliate: Seattle Mariners (2017)
Principal Owner: Arkansas Travelers Baseball, Inc.
Team Website
TWITTER: @ARTravs
Stadium: Dickey-Stephens Park
Date Built: 2007
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $40.4
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.
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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
Affiliate: Houston Astros (1991)
Principal Owner: Jim Crane (Houston Astros)
Team Value (as of July 2016): $28.5 million (Revenue: $10 million; Operating Income: $0.9
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @cchooks
Stadium: Whataburger Field
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $27.7
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
Affiliate: Texas Rangers (2003)
Principal Owner: Chuck Greenberg (Frisco RoughRiders LP)
Team Value (as of July 2016): $37 million (Revenue: $14 million; Operating Income: $3.0
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @RidersBaseball
Stadium: Dr. Pepper Ballpark
Date Built: 2003
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $22.7
Facility Financing: The City of Frisco funded the development with $22 million in bonds while
Southwest Sports Group paid $6 million for construction costs and agreed to cover any overruns.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Cadbury Schweppes entered into a ten-year naming rights deal with an
option for five additional years with the Frisco RoughRiders in 2003 to name the stadium Dr.
Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. On March 31, 2006,
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the beverage company and the RoughRiders announced that the name Dr. Pepper/Seven Up
Ballpark was changing to Dr. Pepper Ballpark.
Team: Midland RockHounds
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics (1999)
Principal Owner: Miles Prentice and Bob Richmond
Team Website
TWITTER: @RockHounds
Stadium: Security Bank Ballpark
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/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, $3.6 million deal with the City of Midland to rename the RockHounds’ stadium Security
Bank Ballpark.
Team: Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Affiliate: Kansas City Royals (1995)
Principal Owner: Rich Products Corp.
Team Website
TWITTER: @nwanaturals
Stadium: Arvest Ballpark
Date Built: 2008
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $50
Facility Financing: Arvest Ballpark was financed by a voter-approved 1% sales tax.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: On September 5, 2007, the Naturals announced they had a reached a ten-
year agreement consisting of a ten-year option for renewal with Arvest Bank to name the
stadium Arvest Ballpark. In 2016, Arvest Bank renewed the naming rights agreement. The
stadium will be called Arvest Ballpark through 2027. Financial details of the naming rights
extension agreement were not disclosed.
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Team: Springfield Cardinals
Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (2005)
Principal Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr. (St. Louis Cardinals)
Team Website
TWITTER: @Sgf_Cardinals
Stadium: Hammons Field
Date Built: 2004
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $32
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
Affiliate: Los Angeles Dodgers (2015)
Principal Owner: Dale, Jeff, and Went Hubbard
Team Value (as of July 2016): $28.5 million (Revenue: $10 million; Operating Income: $0.8
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TulsaDrillers
New Stadium: ONEOK Field
Date Built: 2010
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $60
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 $5 million.
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CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (ADVANCED A)
Team: Inland Empire 66ers
Affiliate: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2011)
Principal Owner: David Elmore & Donna Tuttle (Elmore Sports Group)
Team Website
TWITTER: @66ersBaseball
Stadium: San Manuel Stadium
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $13
Facility Financing: The facility was publicly financed through a tax increment and city
redevelopment agency bonds.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians bought the naming rights to the
stadium in March 2012. The naming-rights deal was for five years, with an option to renew.
Team: Lake Elsinore Storm
Affiliate: San Diego Padres (2001)
Principal Owner: Gary Jacobs, Len Simon, and Dave Oster (Storm LP)
Team Website
TWITTER: @Storm_Baseball
Stadium: Lake Elsinore Diamond
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $22
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
Team: Lancaster JetHawks
Affiliate: Colorado Rockies (2017)
Principal Owner: Jake Kerr and Jeff Mooney
Team Website
TWITTER: @JetHawks
Stadium: The Hangar
Date Built: 1996
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Facility Cost ($/Mil): $14.5
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In 2005, Clear Channel Communications entered into a ten-year, $770,000
deal with the JetHawks to name the stadium Clear Channel Stadium. The deal was to run
through the 2014 season; however, the Clear Channel signage was removed during the 2012
season. Sometime between April 2, 2012 and April 4, 2012, the JetHawks began referring to
their stadium as “The Hangar.”
Team: Modesto Nuts
Affiliate: Seattle Mariners (2017)
Principal Owner: Michael Savit (HWS Group)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ModestoNuts
Stadium: John Thurman Field
Date Built: 1955
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3.93
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Originally named Del Webb Field, the Modesto ballpark was renamed for
State Assemblyman John Thurman in 1983.
Team: Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Affiliate: Los Angeles Dodgers (2011)
Principal Owner: Bobby Brett and George Brett
Team Website
TWITTER: @RCQuakes
Stadium: LoanMart Field
Date Built: 1993
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $11.5
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Quakes and the Dodgers have extended their player development affiliation
through the 2020 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: In April 2013, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes announced a ten-year
naming-rights partnership with LoanMart. The Quakes now play at LoanMart Field.
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Team: San Jose Giants
Affiliate: San Francisco Giants (1988)
Principal Owner: San Francisco Giants and Progress Sports Management
Team Website
TWITTER: @SJGiants
Stadium: Excite Ballpark
Date Built: 1942
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.08
Facility Financing: Publicly financed as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's Work Progress
Administration (WPA).
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In 2019, the Giants entered into a three-year naming rights agreement with
Excite Credit Union. The terms of this deal were not disclosed.
Team: Stockton Ports
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics (2005)
Principal Owner: Tom Volpe (7th Inning Stretch, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @stocktonports
Stadium: Banner Island Ballpark
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $22
Facility Financing: The project was publicly financed through bonds
Facility Website
UPDATE: The team will make numerous changes to Banner Island Ballpark stadium. First, a
new Coors Light Cold Zone will be built, which will allow fans to be their own bartender
choosing form up to 40 selections of beer. Several other additions, including an 108 foot long
drink rail and Port City Saloon will give fans options for drink options while enjoying the game.
Finally, the netting behind home plate will be extended to the beginning of both dugouts.
NAMING RIGHTS: The City of Stockton owns the naming rights of the ballpark and has been
trying to find a naming-rights sponsor since the ballpark opened. The name "Banner Island
Ballpark" is actually an unofficial name that is used among fans and the administration of the
Stockton Ports. Until the rights are sold, the stadium is officially known as the Stockton
Ballpark.
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Team: Visalia Rawhide
Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (2007)
Principal Owner: Tom Seidler and Kevin O'Malley (Top of the Third. Inc.)
Team Website
TWITTER: @VisaliaRawhide
Stadium: Recreation Ballpark
Date Built: 1946
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.05
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
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CAROLINA LEAGUE (ADVANCED A)
Team: Carolina Mudcats
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers (2017)
Principal Owner: Steve Bryant
Team Website
TWITTER: @CarolinaMudcats
Stadium: Five County Stadium
Date Built: 1991
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $2.5
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The team signed a two-year Player Development Contract with the
Milwaukee Brewers to begin in the 2017 season. It was also announced in 2017 that Five County
Stadium will host the 2018 Carolina League All-Star Classic
Team: Down East Wood Ducks Affiliate: Texas Rangers (2017)
Principal Owner: Texas Rangers/Rangers Kinston, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoWoodDucks
Stadium: Grainger Stadium
Date Built: 1949
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.170
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The name Grainger comes from the donor, Jesse Willis Grainger, who
owned half of the the land on which it is situated.
Team: Fayetteville Woodpeckers
Affiliate: Houston Astros (2017)
Principal Owner: Houston Astros
Team Website
TWITTER: @WoodpeckersNC
Stadium: Segra Stadium
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Date of Stadium Completion: 2019
Facility Cost ($/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
Affiliate: Baltimore Orioles (1982)
Principal Owner: Ken Young (Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC.)
Team Website
TWITTER: @FrederickKeys
Stadium: Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium
Date Built: 1990
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $7
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 $250,000 for the construction of the ballpark. The Frederick Hustlers were a
professional baseball team that played between 1915 and WWII. In 2015, a seven-year
agreement was reached with Nymeo Federal Credit Union to call the stadium Nymeo Field at
Harry Grove Stadium.
Team: Lynchburg Hillcats
Affiliate: Cleveland Indians (2015)
Principal Owner: Elmore Sports Group
Team Website
TWITTER: @LynHillcats
Stadium: Calvin Falwell Field
Date Built: 1939
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Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.289
Facility Financing: The City of Lynchburg paid $189,000, while $100,000 came from the Work
Progress Administration as part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal.
Facility Website: N/A
NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark was named in honor of Calvin Falwell, former President of
the Lynchburg Baseball Corp.
Team: Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Affiliate: Chicago Cubs (2015)
Principal Owner: Myrtle Beach Pelicans LP (Chuck Greenberg)
Team Website
TWITTER: @Pelicanbaseball
Stadium: TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark
Date Built: 1999
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $12.8
Facility Financing: $10 million publicly funded from city and county hospitality tax revenues
and $2 million privately funded from the ownership group.
Facility Website: N/A
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Coastal Federal Field in 1999 after
Coastal Federal Bank signed a ten-year, $1 million naming rights deal with the Pelicans. The
name was changed in 2006 to BB&T Coastal Field after BB&T Corporation acquired Coastal
Federal Bank. In April 2012, TicketReturn.com signed a one-year naming rights deal with the
facility that included an option to renew for additional years. In May 2013, the Pelicans hired
Legends Sales and Marketing to sell the naming rights. The ballpark name has remained the
same, but any details of an agreement were not available.
Team: Potomac Nationals
Affiliate: Washington Nationals (2005)
Principal Owner: Art Silber
Team Website
TWITTER: @PNats42
Stadium: Northwest Federal Field at Pfitzner Stadium
Date Built: 1984
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: 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
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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
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox (2009)
Principal Owner: Fenway Sports Group
Team Website
TWITTER: @salemredsox
Stadium: Haley Toyota Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $10.1
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The Salem Red Sox reached a new naming-rights deal in 2017 for its
stadium: Haley Toyota Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark.
Team: Wilmington Blue Rocks
Affiliate: Kansas City Royals (2007)
Principal Owner: Clark Minker and Main Street Baseball LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @WilmBlueRocks
Stadium: Frawley Stadium
Date Built: 1993
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $6.1
Facility Financing: The State of Delaware funded $3.9 million and the City of Wilmington
funded $2.2 million.
Facility Website: N/A
UPDATE: In 2018, the Blue Rocks extended the stadium netting to the end of both dugouts.
NAMING RIGHTS: Frawley Stadium is named after Mayor Daniel S. Frawley, who helped
bring the Blue Rocks to Wilmington. The field is named in honor of the late Negro League great
Judy Johnson.
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Team: Winston-Salem Dash
Affiliate: Chicago White Sox (1997)
Principal Owner: Billy Prim
Team Website
TWITTER: @WSDashBaseball
Stadium: BB&T Ballpark
Date Built: 2010
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $48.7
Facility Financing: $15.3 million of the stadium’s cost was paid for with public funds and $33.4
million of the stadium’s cost was paid for with private funds.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: BB&T has signed a fifteen-year deal for the naming rights to BB&T
Ballpark that is set to expire after 2024. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE (ADVANCED A)
Team: Bradenton Marauders
Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates (2010)
Principal Owner: Pittsburgh Pirates
Team Website
TWITTER: @The_Marauders
Stadium: LECOM Park
Date Built: 1923 (renovated in 2013)
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $30
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In February 2017, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine agreed to a 15-year naming rights deal to name the park, LECOM Park.
Team: Charlotte Stone Crabs
Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays (2007)
Principal Owner: Lou Schwechheimer (Caribbean Baseball Initiative)
Team Website
TWITTER: @StoneCrabs
Stadium: Charlotte Sports Park
Date Built: 1987
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $15
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There is no current naming-rights agreement in place after a deal with The
Mosaic Company was deferred in the face of strong public opposition.
Team: Clearwater Threshers
Affiliate: Philadelphia Phillies (1985)
Principal Owner: Philadelphia Phillies
Team Website
TWITTER: @Threshers
Stadium: Spectrum Field
Date Built: 2004
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $23
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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 $1.7 million in
2004 for the naming rights to the stadium in a ten-year deal with an option of two five-year
renewals. In March 2013, the Phillies and Bright House Networks agreed to exercise a five-year
option to extend the naming rights of the stadium through 2018. The Stadium name changed to
Spectrum field due to the acquisition of Bright House Networks by Charter Communications in
2016.
Team: Daytona Tortugas
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds (2015)
Principal Owner: Reese Smith III and Bob Fregolle (Tortugas Baseball Club LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @daytonatortugas
Stadium: Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark
Date Built: 1914
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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
Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays (1987)
Principal Owner: Rogers Communications (Toronto Blue Jays)
Team Website
TWITTER: @DunedinBlueJays
Stadium: Dunedin Stadium
Date Built: 1990
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $2.4
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Facility Financing: N/A
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 $181,000. In October 2017, the agreement expired.
Team: Florida Fire Frogs
Affiliate: Atlanta Braves (2017)
Principal Owner: Central Florida Minor League Baseball
Team Website
TWITTER: @FireFrogsBB
Stadium: Osceola County Stadium
Date Built: 1985
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website: N/A
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
Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (1992)
Principal Owner: Jason Hochberg (SJS Beacon)
Team Website
TWITTER: @MiracleBaseball
Stadium: Hammond Stadium
Date Built: 1991
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $14
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
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NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named in honor of former Lee County
Commissioner Bill Hammond, who was instrumental in getting the Lee County Sports Complex
built to draw the Twins from their previous spring training facility in Orlando, Florida.
Team: Jupiter Hammerheads
Affiliate: Miami Marlins (2002)
Principal Owner: Miami Marlins
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoHammerheads
Stadium: Roger Dean Stadium
Date Built: 1998
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $28
Facility Financing: N/A
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, $1 million deal through 2009. Roger
Dean renewed the deal through the 2017 season for an undisclosed sum.
Team: Lakeland Flying Tigers
Affiliate: Detroit Tigers (1967)
Principal Owner: Detroit Tigers
Team Website
TWITTER: @LKDFlyingTigers
Stadium: Publiz Field at Joker Marchant Stadium
Date Built: 1966 (renovated in 2003)
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.36
Facility Financing: N/A
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 $3 million over the next 15 years to have its name on the home of the spring training
facility. The ballpark will now be called Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium.
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Team: Palm Beach Cardinals
Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (2003)
Principal Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr. (St. Louis Cardinals)
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoPBCardinals
Stadium: Roger Dean Stadium
Date Built: 1998
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $28
Facility Financing: N/A
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, $1 million deal through 2009. Roger
Dean renewed the deal through the 2017 season for an undisclosed sum.
Team: St. Lucie Mets
Affiliate: New York Mets (1988)
Principal Owner: Fred Wilbon (New York Mets)
Team Website
TWITTER: @stluciemets
Stadium: First Data Field
Date Built: 1988
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $11
Facility Financing: Privately funded by the Thomas J. White Development Corporation and
publicly financed from a 2% hotel tax.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In February 2017, the Mets and First Data announced a 10-year strategic
marketing partnership for the naming rights changing Tradition Field to First Data Field.
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Team: Tampa Tarpons
Affiliate: New York Yankees (1994)
Principal Owner: Hank and Hal Steinbrenner (New York Yankees)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TampaTarpons
Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $30
Facility Financing: Publicly financed
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Legends Field,\ but was renamed in
2008 to George M. Steinbrenner Field after the late New York Yankees owner and Tampa
resident.
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MIDWEST LEAGUE (A)
Team: Beloit Snappers
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics (2013)
Principal Owner: Beloit Professional Baseball Association, Inc.
Team Website
TWITTER: @BeloitSnappers
Stadium: Harry C. Pohlman Field
Date Built: 1982 (renovated 1995)
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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
Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays (2007)
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 Cost ($/Mil): $28
Facility Financing: 100% publicly financed through city-issued general obligation bonds.
Facility Website: N/A
UPDATE: The team announced $2 million in upgrades to the ballpark to be completed before
the 2019 seasons. These changes include a new scoreboard, walkway, a splash zone behind
centerfield, and renovation of the entire suite level.
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
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Team: Burlington Bees
Affiliate: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013)
Principal Owner: City of Burlington, Iowa
Team Website
TWITTER: @BurlingtonBees
Stadium: Community Field
Date Built: 1947 (rebuilt in 1973 after a fire)
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website: N/A
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
Team: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (2013)
Principal Owner: Cedar Rapids Ball Club, Inc.
Team Website
TWITTER: @CRKernels
Stadium: Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $15
Facility Financing: 83% publicly funded, 17% privately financed
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Kernels extended the protective netting in 2018 in front of both dugouts
extending to the outfield.
NAMING RIGHTS: The City of Cedar Rapids owns Veterans Memorial Stadium and chose its
name to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. In 2008, the Kernels and Dale & Thomas Popcorn
announced a five-year field naming rights partnership; however, in 2009, Perfect Game USA
announced a five-year field naming rights deal with the Kernels. Details of these deals were not
released.
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Team: Clinton LumberKings
Affiliate: Miami Marlins (2019)
Principal Owner: Community-owned
Team Website
TWITTER: @LumberKings
Stadium: Nelson Corp Field
Date Built: 1937
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.15
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website: N/A
NAMING RIGHTS: The Clinton LumberKings and NelsonCorp Wealth Management
announced a three-year naming rights agreement in 2018.
Team: Dayton Dragons
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds (1999)
Principal Owner: Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC
Team Value (as of July 2016): $45 million (Revenue: $15.5 million; Operating Income: $6.7
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @DragonsBaseball
Stadium: Fifth Third Field
Date Built: 2000
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $23.5
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.
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Team: Fort Wayne TinCaps
Affiliate: San Diego Padres (1999)
Principal Owner: Jason Freier (Hardball Capital)
Team Value (as of July 2016): $31 million (Revenue: $12.5 million; Operating Income: $2.9
million)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TinCaps
Stadium: Parkview Field
Date Built: 2009
Facility Cost ($/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 $3
million over ten years.
Team: Great Lakes Loons
Affiliate: Los Angeles Dodgers (2007)
Principal Owner: Michigan Baseball Foundation
Team Website
TWITTER: @greatlakesloons
Stadium: Dow Diamond
Date Built: 2007
Facility Cost ($/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, $2.8 million deal. The name Dow Diamond refers both to the slang for the
playing surface and the red diamond in Dow's logo.
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Team: Kane County Cougars
Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (2015)
Principal Owner: Dr. Bob Froehlich and Cheryl Froehlich
Team Website
TWITTER: @KCCougars
Stadium: Northwestern Medicine Field
Date Built: 1991
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $5
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Cougars extended the netting from behind the dugout out to the outfield prior to
the 2019 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Phillip B. Elfstrom Stadium after the
former Kane County Forest Preserve President and most influential person for bringing Minor
League Baseball to Kane County. In 2016, the team reached a five-year naming rights deal with
Northwestern Medicine.
Team: Lake County Captains
Affiliate: Cleveland Indians (1991)
Principal Owner: Peter Carfagna, Rita Murphy Carfagna, Ray Murphy, and Katie Murphy
(Cascia, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @LCCaptains
Stadium: Classic Park
Date Built: 2003
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $22
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 $1.5 million.
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Team: Lansing Lugnuts
Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays (2005)
Principal Owner: Tom Dickson and Sherrie Myers (Take Me Out to the Ballgame, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @LansingLugnuts
Stadium: Cooley Law School Stadium
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $12.8
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 $1.485 million for an eleven-year contract of the naming rights to the
stadium with the City of Lansing and the Lugnuts.
Team: Peoria Chiefs
Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (2013)
Principal Owner: Peoria Chiefs Community Baseball Club, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @peoriachiefs
Stadium: Dozer Park
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $23
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, $2 million naming-rights deal. The stadium
was renamed Dozer Park, in reference to Caterpillar bulldozers.
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Team: Quad Cities River Bandits
Affiliate: Houston Astros (2013)
Principal Owner: Dave Heller and Bob Herrfeldt (Main Street Iowa)
Team Website
TWITTER: @QCRiverBandits
Stadium: Modern Woodmen Park
Date Built: 1931
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.185
Facility Financing: N/A
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 $2 million.
Team: South Bend Cubs
Affiliate: Chicago Cubs (2015)
Principal Owner: Andrew Berlin
Team Website
TWITTER: @SBCubs
Stadium: Four Winds Field at Stanley Coveleski Stadium
Date Built: 1987
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $11
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named for Stan Coveleski, the Hall of Fame pitcher who
once lived in South Bend. In September 2013, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, owners
of Four Winds Resort, reached a ten-year field naming rights agreement with the Silver Hawks.
The agreement also has an option for five more years.
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Team: West Michigan Whitecaps
Affiliate: Detroit Tigers (1997)
Principal Owner: Lew Chamberlin and Denny Baxter (Whitecaps Professional Baseball, LLP)
Team Website
TWITTER: @wmwhitecaps
Stadium: Fifth Third Ballpark
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil) $6.5
Facility Financing: 100% privately financed
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally called Old Kent Park but was renamed Fifth
Third Ballpark in 2001 after Old Kent Bank merged with Fifth Third Bank. In 2011, Fifth Third
Bank agreed to a ten-year naming rights extension that runs through 2021. The terms of the
agreement were not disclosed.
Team: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers (2009)
Principal Owner: Appleton Baseball Club Inc. (Non-stock community-owned)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TimberRattlers
Stadium: Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $5.5
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Timber Rattlers conduct annual upgrades to the stadium. Recently, this has
included: extending the concourse just past the center-field batter’s eye; creating new spaces for
a party deck; moving play area in right field to a larger space; removing seating in the concourse
to make way for table seating; and replacing beach area with new bar space, furniture and
amenities.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Fox Cities Stadium. In March 2007,
Time Warner Cable entered into a ten-year agreement for the naming rights to the Wisconsin
Timber Rattlers' home playing field. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In
December 2013, Time Warner opted out of the final three years of the deal. In January 2014, the
Timber Rattlers reached a ten-year field naming rights agreement for Fox Cities Stadium with
the Neuroscience Group.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE (A)
Team: Asheville Tourists
Affiliate: Colorado Rockies (1994)
Principal Owner: DeWine Family (DeWine Seeds Silver Dollar Baseball, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @GoTourists
Stadium: McCormick Field
Date Built: 1924 (Renovated in 1992)
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $0.2
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after Dr. Lewis McCormick, Asheville's former city
bacteriologist, who was the first man in the United States to make a scientific fight against the
housefly.
Team: Augusta GreenJackets
Affiliate: San Francisco Giants (2005)
Principal Owner: Agon Sports & Entertainment
Team Website
TWITTER: @GreenJackets
Stadium: SRP Park
Date Built: 2018
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $40
Facility Financing: Publicly-funded
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 $100,000 payment to the
City of Augusta.
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Team: Charleston RiverDogs
Affiliate: New York Yankees (2005)
Principal Owner: Marvin Goldklang (Goldklang Group, LP)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ChasRiverDogs
Stadium: Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (“The Joe”)
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $19.5
Facility Financing: Through city-sold certificates of participation
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named for Joseph. P. Riley, who has served as mayor of
Charleston since 1975.
Team: Columbia Fireflies
Affiliate: New York Mets (2007)
Principal Owner: Hardball Capital, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @ColaFireflies
Stadium: Segra Park
Date Built: 2016
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $37
Facility Financing: 81% publicly financed and 19% privately financed
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Spirit Communications will pay about $3.5 million over 10 years for the
naming rights for the new stadium. Following the merger of Spirit and Lumos Networks
Corporation in January 2019, the facility was renamed.
Team: Delmarva Shorebirds
Affiliate: Baltimore Orioles (1997)
Principal Owner: 7th Inning Stretch, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @shorebirds
Stadium: Arthur W. Perdue Stadium
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $11.5
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Facility Financing: 24% publicly financed and 76% privately financed
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Shorebirds announced upgrades to the stadium in 2019. This includes extended
netting, new table sitting behind home plate, and a renovated Executive Club and luxury level.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the founder of Perdue Farms, Arthur Perdue.
He contributed significantly to the building of the stadium.
Team: Greensboro Grasshoppers
Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates (2019)
Principal Owner: Cooper Brantley, Len White, and Wes Elingburg (Greensboro Baseball, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @GSOHoppers
Stadium: First National Bank Field
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $21.5
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 $3 million. In 2013,
NewBridge Bank extended its naming rights agreement through 2021. In 2016, NewBridge Bank
was bought by Yadkin Bank. In 2017, a Yadkin Financial Corporation was acquired by First
National Bank. The ballpark will be renamed to First National Bank Field for the 2017 season.
Naming rights were extended in 2018 as part of a ten-year agreement.
Team: Greenville Drive
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox (2005)
Principal Owner: Craig Brown
Team Website
TWITTER: @GreenvilleDrive
Stadium: Fluor Field at the West End
Date Built: 2006
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Facility Cost ($/Mil): $15
Facility Financing: 100% privately funded by the team’s ownership group
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named West End Field, but the name was
changed in 2009 to Fluor Field at the West End after Fluor Corporation entered into a ten-year
naming rights deal with the Drive.
Team: Hagerstown Suns
Affiliate: Washington Nationals (2007)
Principal Owner: Bruce Quinn, Tony Dahburn, Dr. Mitesh Kothari and Sheri Quinn
(Hagerstown Baseball, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @HagerstownSuns
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Date Built: 1930
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.014
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website: N/A
UPDATE: The improvements and renovations in 2017 included new center field wall pads that
feature the Hagerstown Suns logo printed on them, a brand new infield playing surface built
during the off season, the fences in-front of the dugouts were reconfigured for safety reasons,
new lights were added and the helmet/bat racks were refurbished.
Also, both home and away clubhouses received a face lift.
NAMING RIGHTS: There is currently no naming-rights agreement in place.
Team: Hickory Crawdads
Affiliate: Texas Rangers (2009)
Principal Owner: Don Beaver, Luther Beaver, and Charles Young (Hickory Baseball, Inc.)
Team Website
TWITTER: @HickoryCrawdads
Stadium: L.P. Frans Stadium
Date Built: 1993
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $4.2
Facility Financing: $1.1 million from the City of Hickory and the rest was privately financed
Facility Website
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UPDATE: In 2018, the Crawdads introduced a new scoreboard.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the local Pepsi-Cola bottler who partially
funded the stadium.
Team: Kannapolis Intimidators
Affiliate: Chicago White Sox (2001)
Principal Owner: Temerity Baseball, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @Intimidators
Stadium: Intimidators Stadium
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $6.8
Facility Financing: Publicly financed by Rowan County and the City of Kannapolis
Facility Website: N/A
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 $37
million funding for the ballpark is still to be decided. The ballpark will debut for the 2020
season.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium. In April
2012, Carolina Medical Center NorthEast bought the naming rights to the stadium. The terms of
the five-year deal have not been released. The facility has dropped the CMC-NorthEast Stadium
title and no used Intimidator Stadium. Details of the change were not available.
Team: Lakewood BlueClaws
Affiliate: Philadelphia Phillies (2001)
Principal Owner: Shore Town Baseball
Team Website
TWITTER: @BlueClaws
Stadium: FirstEnergy Park
Date Built: 2001
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $23
Facility Financing: Financed through the Lakewood Urban Enterprise fund by state guaranteed
bonds
Facility Website
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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, $4.8 million deal that expires in 2020.
Team: Lexington Legends
Affiliate: Kansas City Royals (2013)
Principal Owner: William H. Shea, Jr. (Ivy Walls Management Company, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @LexingtonLegend
Stadium: Whitaker Bank Ballpark
Date Built: 2001
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $13.5
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 $200 million and would include several
parking garages, a hotel, and other-use buildings. Several other entities also responded to
requests for proposals.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium was originally named Applebee’s Park, but after ten years
Applebee’s chose not to renew its naming rights agreement. In 2011, the Legends agreed to sell
the naming rights to their stadium to Whitaker Bank through 2020. The deal also has an option
for an additional five years, but the financial details were not disclosed.
Team: Rome Braves
Affiliate: Atlanta Braves (2003)
Principal Owner: Atlanta Braves (Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TheRomeBraves
Stadium: State Mutual Stadium
Date Built: 2003
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $19
Facility Financing: $15 million from a Floyd County 1% special purpose tax increase and $1
million from the Braves
Facility Website
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NAMING RIGHTS: When the stadium was built, Rome-based State Mutual Insurance
Company purchased the naming rights to the stadium for $1.8 million over eighteen years. In
2019, they extended at least through the 2025 season.
Team: West Virginia Power
Affiliate: Seattle Mariners (2019)
Principal Owner: Tim Wilcox (West Virginia Baseball, LLC)
Team Website
TWITTER: @wv_power
Stadium: Appalachian Power Park
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $25
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 $1.25 million. In May 2014, the Power announced that Appalachian Power had
extended their naming rights deal through the 2024 season.
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NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (A – SHORT SEASON)
Team: Aberdeen Iron Birds
Affiliate: Baltimore Orioles (2002)
Principal Owner: Cal Ripken, Jr. (Ripken Baseball)
Team Website
TWITTER: @IronBirds
Stadium: Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $18
Facility Financing: The stadium was primarily funded with a combination of state, county, and
city resources while the Ripken family contributed as well.
Facility Website
UPDATE: In February 2018, the City of Aberdeen hired an outside firm to manage non-baseball
events at Leidos Field, the Huntley Sports Group.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after the Hall-of-Fame owner Cal Ripken, Jr. In
2016, Leidos bought the naming rights to the field at Ripken Stadium. Leidos and Ripken
Baseball are now in a multiyear partnership. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The
agreement still has to be approved by MILB and should be in place when the season starts in
June.
Team: Auburn Doubledays
Affiliate: Washington Nationals (2011)
Principal Owner: Auburn Community Baseball, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @Doubledays
Stadium: Leo A. Pinckney Field at Falcon Park (Falcon Park II)
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3.15
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named after Leo A. Pinckney, who was the sports editor of
The Citizen, and known as “Mr. Baseball.”
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Team: Batavia Muckdogs
Affiliate: Miami Marlins (2013)
Principal Owner: Rochester Community Baseball
Team Website
TWITTER: @BataviaMuckdogs
Stadium: Dwyer Stadium
Date Built: 1996
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3
Facility Financing: Publically financed by Genesee County
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Muckdogs unveiled updates before the 2018 season including new playing
surface.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named after Edward D. Dwyer, who was the long
time team president.
Team: Brooklyn Cyclones
Affiliate: New York Mets (2001)
Principal Owner: Sterling Equites
Team Website
TWITTER: @BKCyclones
Stadium: MCU Park
Date Built: 2001
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $55
Facility Financing: Publicly-funded
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In 2010, the stadium naming rights were sold to Municipal Credit Union
(MCU) and the agreement is set to run for eleven years.
Team: Connecticut Tigers
Affiliate: Detroit Tigers (1999)
Principal Owner: Miles Prentice
Team Website
TWITTER: @thecttigers
Stadium: Dodd Stadium
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Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/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 $400,000.
Facility Website
UPDATE: A ten-year stadium lease extension was approved in 2019.
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is currently named after former U.S. Senator Thomas Dodd.
Team: Hudson Valley Renegades
Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays (1996)
Principal Owner: Goldklang Group
Team Website
TWITTER: @HVRenegades
Stadium: Dutchess Stadium
Date Built: 1994
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8.3
Facility Financing: N/A
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 $2.4 million for
renovations to the stadium over the next five years.
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium that is located in
Dutchess County.
Team: Lowell Spinners
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox (1996)
Principal Owner: Dave Heller
Team Website
TWITTER: @LowellSpinners
Stadium: LeLacheur Park
Date Built: 1998
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $10.4
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
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NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium, but it bares the name
of former State Representative Edward LeLacheur.
Team: Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Affiliate: Cleveland Indians (1999)
Principal Owner: HWS Group
Team Website
TWITTER: @mvscrappers
Stadium: Eastwood Field
Date Built: 1999
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8.3
Facility Financing: William Cafaro privately funded the stadium.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.
Team: State College Spikes
Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (2013)
Principal Owner: State College Professional Baseball LP
Team Website
TWITTER: @SCSpikes
Stadium: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park
Date Built: 2006
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $31.1
Facility Financing: N/A
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 $2.5 million donation
for the stadium.
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Team: Staten Island Yankees
Affiliate: New York Yankees (1999)
Principal Owner: New York Yankees
Team Website
TWITTER: @SIYanks
Stadium: Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Date Built: 2001
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $29
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Richmond County Bank recently renewed the naming-rights agreement
through 2021. The original agreement called for annual payments of $400,000 per year.
Team: Tri-City ValleyCats
Affiliate: Houston Astros (2001)
Principal Owner: William Gladstone
Team Website
TWITTER: @ValleyCats
Stadium: Joseph L. Bruno Stadium
Date Built: 2002
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $14
Facility Financing: 100% public through a state grant. The ValleyCats have a lease agreement
to use the facility.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after former New York Senator Joseph L. Bruno.
Team: Vermont Lake Monsters
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics (2011)
Principal Owner: Ray Pecor, Jr.
Team Website
TWITTER: @VTLakeMonsters
Stadium: Centennial Field
Date Built: 1922
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.
Team: West Virginia Black Bears
Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates (2015)
Principal Owner: Robert Rich, Jr.
Team Website
TWITTER: @WVBlackBears
Stadium: Monongalia County Ballpark
Date Built: 2015
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $21
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 $21 million
stadium. Any excess is to be covered by West Virginia University.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.
Team: Williamsport Crosscutters
Affiliate: Philadelphia Phillies (2007)
Principal Owner: Peter B. Freund (Trinity Sports Holdings)
Team Website
TWITTER: @crosscutters
Stadium: BB & T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.
Date Built: 1923
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.075
Facility Financing: The stadium was privately financed.
Facility Website
UPDATE: The State of Pennsylvania approved a $600,000 grant to upgrade BB&T Ballpark at
Historic Bowman Field. This was announced following the 2018 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: In 2014, BB&T Bank (formerly Susquehanna Bank) and the City of
Williamsport agreed on a five-year naming-rights contract.
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NORTHWEST LEAGUE (A-SHORT SEASON)
Team: Boise Hawks
Affiliate: Colorado Rockies (2015)
Principal Owner: Boise Baseball, LLC
Team Website
TWITER: @BoiseHawks
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Date Built: 1989
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $2.3
Facility Financing: A group that was led by Bill and Cord Pereira privately funded the stadium.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.
Team: Eugene Emeralds
Affiliate: Chicago Cubs (2015)
Principal Owner: David Elmore (Elmore Sports Group, Ltd.)
Team Website
TWITTER: @EugeneEmeralds
Stadium: PK Park
Date Built: 2010
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $19.2
Facility Financing: The stadium is located on the University of Oregon property and was
financed through guaranteed University of Oregon loans.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium is named after Pat Kilenny, former athletic director at the
University of Oregon, where the stadium is located.
Team: Everett AquaSox
Affiliate: Seattle Mariners (1995)
Principal Owner: 7th Inning Stretch, LLC
Team Website
TWITTER: @EverettAquaSox
Stadium: Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium
Date Built: 1984
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Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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 $1.1 million, eight-year
sponsorship agreement with local toymaker, Funko.
Team: Hillsboro Hops
Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (2001)
Principal Owner: Short Season LLC.
Team Website
TWITTER: @HillsboroHops
Stadium: Ron Tonkin Field
Date Built: 2013
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $15.55
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 $150,000 annually.
Team: Salem-Keiser Volcanoes
Affiliate: San Francisco Giants (1997)
Principal Owner: Jerry Walker and William Tucker
Team Website
TWITTER: @SKVolcanoes
Stadium: Volcanoes Stadium
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: In 2018, the Volcanoes announced a new indoor training facility for the team and
general public.
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.
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Team: Spokane Indians
Affiliate: Texas Rangers (2003)
Principal Owner: Bobby Brett
Team Website
TWITTER: @spokaneindians
Stadium: Avista Stadium
Date Built: 1958
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.550
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Avista, an energy company, currently holds the naming rights to the
stadium, but details were not available.
Team: Tri-City Dust Devils
Affiliate: San Diego Padres (2015)
Principal Owner: George Brett (Northwest Baseball Ventures)
Team Website
TWITTER: @TC_DustDevils
Stadium: Gesa Stadium
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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
Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays (2011)
Principal Owner: Jake Kerr
Team Website
TWITTER: @vancanadians
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Stadium: Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium
Date Built: 1951
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.55
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In 2010, Scotiabank purchased the multi-year naming rights of the field,
but details of the agreement were not released.
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APPALACHIAN LEAGUE (ROOKIE)
Team: Bluefield Blue Jays
Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays (2011)
Principal Owner: Bluefield Baseball Club
Team Website
TWITTER: @BluefieldJays
Stadium: Bowen Field at Peters Park
Date Built: 1939
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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)
Principal Owner: Pittsburgh Pirates
Team Website
TWITTER: @BriBucs
Stadium: Boyce Cox Field at DeVault Memorial Stadium
Date Built: 1969
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named after Boyce Cox, a Bristol native and former
professional baseball player. The stadium is named after Charlton Ross DeVault, Sr., who was
the former president of the Appalachian League.
Team: Burlington Royals
Affiliate: Kansas City Royals (2007)
Principal Owner: Miles Wolff
Team Website
TWITTER: @BRoyalsKC
Stadium: Burlington Athletic Stadium
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Date Built: 1958
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: The Royals announced that the stadium would be undergoing $1.2 million in
improvements. This would include a new entryway, new merchandise store, upgraded restrooms,
a four-window box office with new equipment, and the completion of offices for the front office
staff.
NAMING RIGHTS: There are currently no naming rights for the stadium.
Team: Danville Braves
Affiliate: Atlanta Braves (1993)
Principal Owner: Liberty Media
Team Website
TWITTER: @DanvilleBraves
Stadium: American Legion Field
Date Built: 1993
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The stadium’s name comes from the city’s American Memorial Legion
Post 325.
Team: Elizabethton Twins
Affiliate: Minnesota Twins (1974)
Principal Owner: City of Elizabethton.
Team Website
TWITTER: @ETwinsBaseball
Stadium: Joe O’Brien Field at Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark
Date Built: 1974
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $.125
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The Twins announced a naming-rights partnership in 2019 with Northeast
Community Credit Union. The agreement is an eight-year, $405,000 partnership.
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Team: Greeneville Reds
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds (2018)
Principal Owner: Cincinnati Reds
Team Website
TWITTER: @GvilleReds
Stadium: Pioneer Park (Tusculum College)
Date Built: 2004
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $10
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: Prior to the 2018 season, Greenville agreed to a player-development agreement with
the Cincinnati Reds.
NAMING RIGHTS: The field is located on the campus of Tusculum College, whose nickname
is the Pioneers.
Team: Johnson City Cardinals
Affiliate: St. Louis Cardinals (1975)
Principal Owner: St. Louis Cardinals
Team Website
TWITTER: @JC_Cardinals
Stadium: TVA Credit Union Ballpark
Date Built: 1956
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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.
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Team: Kingsport Mets
Affiliate: New York Mets
Principal Owner: New York Mets
Team Website
TWITTER: @Kingsport_Mets
Stadium: Hunter Wright Stadium
Date Built: 1995
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: The stadium is municipally owned, but financial details were not available.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named after a former mayor of Kingsport.
Team: Princeton Rays
Affiliate: Tampa Rays (1997)
Principal Owner: Tampa Bay Rays
Team Website
TWITTER: @PrincetonRays
Stadium: H.P. Hunnicutt Field
Date Built: 1988
Facility Cost ($/Mil): N/A
Facility Financing: N/A
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
Affiliate: New York Yankees (2015)
Principal Owner: David Hagan and Larry Shelor
Team Website
TWITTER: @pulaskiyanks
Stadium: Motor Mile Field at Calfee Park
Date Built: 1935
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3 (estimated renovations in 2015)
Facility Financing: Renovations (2015) were privately financed.
Facility Website
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UPDATE: The Yankees will begin renovating the third-base side of the park during the 2019
season. Additionally, there will be a new concourse, concession areas, seating, and a new
souvenir store.
NAMING RIGHTS: The ballpark is currently named after former Pulaski mayor Ernest W.
Calfee.
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PIONEER LEAGUE (ROOKIE)
Team: Billings Mustangs
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds (1974)
Principal Owner: Dave Heller and Bob Herrfeldt
Team Website
TWITTER: @Mustangs
Stadium: Dehler Park
Date Built: 2008
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $12
Facility Financing: The City of Billings passed a bond issue to finance the cost of the stadium.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: Local businessman Jon Dehler purchased the naming rights to the stadium,
but financial details were not available.
Team: Grand Junction Rockies
Affiliate: Colorado Rockies (2001)
Principal Owner: Grand Junction Rockies LLC.
Team Website
TWITTER: @GJRockies
Stadium: Sam Suplizio Field
Date Built: 1949
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $8.3 (2012 renovation)
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: The team hosted the 2018 Pioneer League-Northwest League All-Star Game.
NAMING RIGHTS: The field is currently named after long time Grand Junction baseball
fixture Sam Suplizio
Team: Great Falls Voyagers
Affiliate: Chicago White Sox (2003)
Principal Owner: Great Falls Baseball Club
Team Website
TWITTER: @gfvoyagers
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Stadium: Centene Stadium
Date Built: 1941
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $2.2 (2003 Renovation)
Facility Financing: The renovation costs were funded through private donations and $600,000
from the city.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The Centene Corporation purchased the naming rights to the stadium, but
financial details were not available.
Team: Idaho Falls Chukars
Affiliate: Kansas City Royals (2004)
Principal Owner: David Elmore (Elmore Sports Group)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ifchukars
Stadium: Melaleuca Field
Date Built: 2007
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $5.6
Facility Financing: A city sponsored fundraising effort led to most of the funds, and a private
donation from The Wellness Company added an additional $600,000.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: The field is named Melaleuca Field in honor of the donation that
Melaleuca Inc. made to the fundraising effort.
Team: Missoula Osprey
Affiliate: Arizona Diamondbacks (1999)
Principal Owner: Mountain Baseball, LLC.
Team Website
TWITTER: @ospreybaseball
Stadium: Ogren Park at Allegiance Field
Date Built: 2004
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $6
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.
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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 $1 million for the naming rights.
Team: Ogden Raptors
Affiliate: Los Angeles Dodgers (2003)
Principal Owner: Dave Baggott, John Lindquist (Ogden Professional Baseball, Inc.)
Team Website
TWITTER: @ogdenraptors
Stadium: Lindquist Field
Date Built: 1997
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $5
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
$1 million for the naming rights of the stadium.
Team: Orem Owlz
Affiliate: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2001)
Principal Owner: Jeff Katofsky
Team Website
TWITTER: @OremOwlz
Stadium: UCCU Ballpark
Date Built: 2005
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $6
Facility Financing: Publically funded by Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley
University) through a Utah County issued bond.
Facility Website
NAMING RIGHTS: In December 2017, Utah Community Credit Union obtained naming rights
under a ten-year agreement.
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Team: Rocky Mountain Vibes
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers (2003)
Principal Owner: D. G. Elmore
Team Website
TWITTER: @vibesbaseball
Stadium: UC Health Park
Date Built: 1988
Facility Cost ($/Mil): $3.4
Facility Financing: N/A
Facility Website
UPDATE: The team relocated from Helena, MT before the 2019 season.
NAMING RIGHTS: UC Health purchased naming-rights in May 2019.
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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
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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
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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
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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
Facility Website: N/A
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
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Principal Owner: New York Mets
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
Principal Owner: Philadelphia Phillies
Complex: Spectrum Field & Carpenter Complex
Team Website
Facility Website
Team: GCL Pirates
Principal Owner: Pittsburgh Pirates
Complex: Pirate City
Team Website 1
Team Website 2
Facility Website
Team: GCL Rays
Principal Owner: Tampa Bay Rays
Complex: Charlotte Sports Park
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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)
Facility Website: N/A