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Harbor Park is a stadium, used primarily for baseball, on the Elizabeth River, in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Once rated the best minor league stadium by Baseball America, it is home to the Norfolk Tides Minor League Baseball team. The Tides are the Baltimore Orioles' Triple-A farm team and compete in the International League. Harbor Park ...
The Tides previously played at High Rock Park in 1961 and 1962, Frank D. Lawrence Stadium from 1961 to 1969, and at Met Park from its opening in 1970 until the end of the 1992 season. Originally known as the Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides, the team began play in 1961 as members of the Class A South Atlantic League.
The Norfolk Scope served as the chief venue for the event. 9,531 spectators were in attendance at this inaugural event. [11] On April 3, 1983, Norfolk hosted the second NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship at the Norfolk Scope. 7,837 spectators were in attendance. [12]
After the Norfolk Tides fell 5-2 at Durham on Sunday, an annual minor league ritual commenced. Norfolk’s players, coaches and staffers scattered, happily, for a brief midseason sabbatical.
Built in 1969, it was the home to the Norfolk Tides (known at that time as the Tidewater Tides) until the construction of Harbor Park was completed for the Tides to play the 1993 season there. Met Park sat 6,200, and was located near the end of the primary runway of the Norfolk International Airport .
Sports teams in Virginia include several professional teams, but no professional major-league teams.Virginia is the most populous U.S. state without a major professional sports league franchise playing within its borders, although two of the major-league teams representing Washington, D.C.—the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals—have their practice facilities and ...
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The 2.2-mile light rail extension would tie in with the redevelopment of Military Circle mall, which Norfolk wants to turn into a mixed-use community. That redevelopment could include hotels ...