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Las Vegas set for new baseball stadium

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 11th October 2017

Plans have been unveiled for a new 10,000-seat baseball stadium in the US city of Las Vegas. The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC), which owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-...

Tags: Baseball, Development, Las Vegas, Nevada

Environmental concerns hamper Oakland A’s ballpark plans

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 10th October 2017

Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise Oakland Athletics’ hopes of starting work on a new ballpark have suffered a blow after concerns over the environmental condition of the proposed site for the pr...

Tags: A's, Baseball, MLB, New Stadium, Oakland A's, Peralta Community College

Oakland A’s pioneer NFC ticketing in pro sports

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 3rd October 2017

Major League Baseball franchise Oakland Athletics has become the first team in the league to pilot Near Field Communication (NFC) ticketing through Tickets.com. In a trial that ran for six games fr...

Tags: A's, Baseball, Contactless, MLB, nfc, Oakland Alameda Coliseum, Oakland Athletics, Technology, Ticketing, Tickets.com

Yankees to expand netting after young fan hit with ball

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 2nd October 2017

Major League Baseball franchise the New York Yankees have announced that it will increase its use of netting to protect fans after a young girl was struck by a ball at Yankee Stadium. Only 11 days ...

Tags: Baseball, Fan Experience, Injured Fan, MLB, Netting, New York Yankees, Todd Frazier, Yankee Stadium

Texas Rangers break ground on $1.1bn stadium

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 29th September 2017

Major League Baseball franchise the Texas Rangers has broken ground on its retractable-roof stadium that is set to be up and running for the 2020 season. The $1.1bn (£823m/€932m) ballpark in Arl...

Tags: Arlington, Baseball, Globe Life Field, Manfred, MLB, New Stadium, Texas Rangers

MLB under fire over safety after girl is hospitalised

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 22nd September 2017

MLB baseball teams across the US are considering the increased use of netting to protect fans after a young girl was struck by a ball at Yankee Stadium. After the incident at the New York Yankees�...

Tags: Baseball, MLB, Netting, Safety

Antifa protestors thrown out of Red Sox game

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 15th September 2017

Four Antifa campaigners inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement were kicked out of Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park on Wednesday for unveiling a banner which read “racism is as American as baseb...

Tags: Anti-Racism, Antifa, Baseball, Black Lives Matter, Fenway Park, MLB, Racial Slurs, Racism in Baseball, Red Sox

Oakland A’s reveal move-in date at proposed new stadium

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 14th September 2017

Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise Oakland Athletics hopes to begin playing at its new home by 2023 after the team confirmed plans to build a new ballpark on a site near Laney College. Earlier t...

Tags: Ballpark, Baseball, Laney College, MLB, Oakland, Oakland A's, Oakland Alameda Coliseum, Oakland Athletics

MLB’s A’s identify new ballpark site in Oakland

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 13th September 2017

Major League Baseball (MLB) outfit Oakland Athletics has revealed a preferred site for its new ballpark in the team’s home city of Oakland, California. According to the San Francisco Chronicle ...

Tags: A's, Ballpark, Baseball, California, Laney College, MLB, Oakland Athletics

MLB’s Cubs win out in Wrigley Field video board case

Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 4th September 2017

Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise the Chicago Cubs has emerged victorious in a legal battle over the installation of a new video board at its Wrigley Field home ballpark. Owners of buildings ad...

Tags: Baseball, Chicago, Cubs, Legal Case, major league baseball, MLB, Ricketts, US, Video Board, Wrigley Field

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