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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.
Construction began at the former site of Norfolk's Banana Pier on the downtown Norfolk waterfront in February 1992, and Nauticus opened to the public in June 1994. Other visitor attractions nearby include the Virginia Zoo , Norfolk Scope , and Harbor Park , home to the Norfolk Tides .
In 10 games with the Tides, Holliday hit .333/.482/.595 and recorded nine RBI and two home runs. Jackson Holliday, who was the top pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, is expected to join the Orioles on ...
Uber-prospects Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo homered and four pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout to lift the Tides to a 7-0 win over the Durham Bulls in the decisive third game of the ...
The franchise relocated permanently to neighboring Norfolk, Virginia, in 1970 to become the Tidewater Tides of the International League (1969-1992), evolving into today's Class AAA Norfolk Tides. [1] [6] [7] [8] Baseball Hall of Fame members Jimmie Foxx (1944) and Tony Lazzeri (1942) both managed and played briefly for Portsmouth.
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 .
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]