List of Double-A baseball stadiums

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FNB Field, opened in 1987, home of the Eastern League's Harrisburg Senators. FNB Field 4.jpg
FNB Field, opened in 1987, home of the Eastern League's Harrisburg Senators.

There are 30 stadiums in use by Double-A Minor League Baseball teams. The Eastern League uses 12 stadiums, the Southern League uses 8, and the Texas League uses 10. The oldest stadium is Synovus Park (1926) in Columbus, Georgia, which will be the home of the Southern League's Columbus Clingstones in 2025. The newest stadium is Covenant Health Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the Southern League's Knoxville Smokies, which is scheduled to open in 2025. One stadium was built in the 1920s, one in the 1950s, two in the 1980s, eight in the 1990s, nine in the 2000s, six in the 2010s, and three in the 2020s. The highest seating capacity is 10,486 at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri, where the Texas League's Springfield Cardinals play. The lowest capacity is 5,038 at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola, Florida, where the Southern League's Pensacola Blue Wahoos play.

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Stadiums

Eastern League

NameTeamCityStateOpenedCapacityRef.
Canal Park Akron RubberDucks Akron Ohio 19977,630 [1]
The Diamond Richmond Flying Squirrels Richmond Virginia 19859,560 [2]
Dunkin' Park Hartford Yard Goats Hartford Connecticut 20176,121 [3]
FirstEnergy Stadium Reading Fightin Phils Reading Pennsylvania 19519,000 [4]
FNB Field Harrisburg Senators Harrisburg Pennsylvania 19876,187 [5]
Hadlock Field Portland Sea Dogs Portland Maine 19947,368 [6]
Mirabito Stadium Binghamton Rumble Ponies Binghamton New York 19926,012 [7]
Delta Dental Stadium New Hampshire Fisher Cats Manchester New Hampshire 20056,500 [8]
Peoples Natural Gas Field Altoona Curve Altoona Pennsylvania 19997,210 [9]
Prince George's Stadium Chesapeake Baysox Bowie Maryland 199410,000 [10]
TD Bank Ballpark Somerset Patriots Bridgewater New Jersey 19996,100 [11]
UPMC Park Erie SeaWolves Erie Pennsylvania 19956,000 [12]

Southern League

NameTeamCityStateOpenedCapacityRef.
AT&T Field Chattanooga Lookouts Chattanooga Tennessee 20006,362 [13]
Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola Blue Wahoos Pensacola Florida 20125,038 [14]
Covenant Health Park Knoxville Smokies Knoxville Tennessee 20257,500 [15]
Keesler Federal Park Biloxi Shuckers Biloxi Mississippi 20156,076 [16]
Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery Biscuits Montgomery Alabama 20047,000 [17]
Regions Field Birmingham Barons Birmingham Alabama 20138,500 [18]
Synovus Park Columbus Clingstones Columbus Georgia 1926TBD [a] [19]
Toyota Field Rocket City Trash Pandas Madison Alabama 20207,000 [20]

Texas League

NameTeamCityStateOpenedCapacityRef.
Arvest Ballpark Northwest Arkansas Naturals Springdale Arkansas 20087,305 [21]
Dickey–Stephens Park Arkansas Travelers North Little Rock Arkansas 20077,200 [22]
Hammons Field Springfield Cardinals Springfield Missouri 200410,486 [23]
Hodgetown Amarillo Sod Poodles Amarillo Texas 20196,631 [24]
Momentum Bank Ballpark Midland RockHounds Midland Texas 20026,669 [25]
Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium San Antonio Missions San Antonio Texas 19949,200 [26]
ONEOK Field Tulsa Drillers Tulsa Oklahoma 20107,833 [27]
Riders Field Frisco RoughRiders Frisco Texas 200310,316 [28]
Equity Bank Park Wichita Wind Surge Wichita Kansas 202010,000 [29]
Whataburger Field Corpus Christi Hooks Corpus Christi Texas 20057,050 [30]


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Eastern League

Southern League

Texas League

See also

Notes

  1. Synovus Park, previously called Golden Park, will have a seating capacity of 5,000–7,000 after renovations for the 2025 season.

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