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Regions Field is located adjacent to the Railroad Park, just south of downtown Birmingham. Baseball in Birmingham traces its history to 1885 with the establishment of the original Barons, and from 1910 to 1987, professional baseball teams called Rickwood Field home.
On December 20, 2012 – following the Barons' exit – the City of Hoover announced it was changing the name of the ballpark back to its original name, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, effective January 1, 2013. Regions continued its sponsorship of the Barons, and the team's new stadium in Birmingham became known as Regions Field.
One stadium was built in the 1920s, two in the 2000s, three in the 2010s, and two in the 2020s. The highest seating capacity is 8,500 at Regions Field in Birmingham, Alabama, where the Birmingham Barons play. The lowest capacity is 5,038 at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola, Florida, where the Pensacola Blue Wahoos play. All stadiums use a grass ...
The 10,800-seat stadium opened in 1910 during a time when baseball was the premier sport in Alabama. ... baseball fans in Alabama clung to minor league teams like the all-white Birmingham Barons ...
Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest existing professional baseball park in the United States. [7] [8] It was built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910 by industrialist and team-owner Rick Woodward and has served as the home park for the Birmingham Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro leagues.
All Birmingham Barons games are televised live on MiLB.TV. [6] All games are also broadcast on radio on either WJQX 100.5 FM, WJOX-FM 94.5 FM or WJOX-AM 690 AM. [ 7 ] Birmingham Barons Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Curt Bloom is the broadcast commentator for both WERC and MiLB.TV and has been the voice of the Barons since 1992.
The highest seating capacity is 10,486 at Hammons Field in Springfield, ... Birmingham Barons: Birmingham: Alabama: 2013 8,500 [18] ... Map. Mirabito Stadium.
The Birmingham area is home to the Birmingham Barons, the AA minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, which plays at Regions Field in the Southside adjacent to Railroad Park. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB Blazers) and Samford University in Homewood have popular collegiate sports teams, including college basketball and ...