After a delay, a renegotiation, some public outcry and general local politics, the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District (PFD) Board and Seattle Mariners have reached a final agreement on a new 25-year ballpark lease for the venue formerly known as Safeco Field.
The fate of the “old” Globe Life Park in Arlington will not immediately be a wrecking ball, but rather home to a new pro football team.
Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill says the next move in the effort to build an Ybor City ballpark belongs to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Athletics have chosen Howard Terminal along the Oakland waterfront as the site for their proposed stadium. Team officials believe the Howard Terminal location is the best way to generate excitement with fans, sell more tickets and make the money to help pay for this new stadium.
The roof of the Texas Rangers’ new stadium is single-paneled and will open or close in about 12 minutes, officials said on Tuesday. The Rangers unveiled a model of Globe Life Field with a working retractable roof as part of the update on the new ballpark’s construction.
Tampa Bay Rays 2020 co-founder Ron Christaldi put some details Friday behind his confidence that the Tampa Bay Rays will get a new home in Ybor City — $16 million of them, each year for the next decade.
When the 2019 MLB regular season gets underway, the Seattle Mariners will be playing in a ballpark under a new name.
When Wrigley Field opens for the 2019 season, fans will encounter yet another round of changes. But perhaps nothing is more sweeping — and possibly more disconcerting — than the renumbering of every seat in the ballpark.
After 20 years, the home of the Mariners will no longer be known officially as Safeco Field. The naming-rights deal between Safeco Insurance and the Mariners expired after the 2018 season.
The Oakland A’s and the future of the Coliseum is always an ongoing conversation. However, the front office has continued to add upgrades for a better experience at the ballpark.