Sprindale Minor League Sports Complex and Minor League Baseball Stadium

[Aporkalypse]

Another thing to keep in mind is that everything in Texas is going to be nicer than in NWA, just the way it is. People in Texas expect more quality in their communities than they do in NWA.

[cocothief]

Just curious..

I have been to Midland/Odessa on business.

I'm not aware of any huge tourist draw in that area, unless you're really interested in abandoned oil fields.

[Aporkalypse]

Just curious..

I have been to Midland/Odessa on business.

I'm not aware of any huge tourist draw in that area, unless you're really interested in abandoned oil fields.

[masons_dad1]

Surely he was a talking about Corpus, which is a minor tourist area. South Padre, a couple of hours South, is much bigger.

The only reason to ever visit Odessa or Midland is oil, there's no tourism there.

[Aporkalypse]

Well, Tommy Lee Jones like Midland since he owns a ranch out there. And don't forget the new Odessa Meteor Crater Museum that draws tourists from all over (j/k).

South Padre Island has about 3,000 residents and is just a spring break destination. You must be thinking of South Padre's big neighbor, Brownsville, which is about half the size of Corpus Christi. Corpus is a much bigger year-round tourist destination than South Padre. My brother is trying to get me to go with him to Corpus this summer.

What I find interesting is that Midland-Odessa and Corpus Christi not only have Texas League baseball teams, but also indoor football, hockey, and basketball teams. Midland also has a coloseum that hosts many sporting and entertainment events. NWA will be the only metro in the Texas League to not have any other professional sports. I left out the Arkansas Stars on purpose because their league is a joke.

Maybe in 10 years NWA will be up to par with these other cities.

[Mith242]

That reminds me I need to go check out the expansion going on at Baum.

[masons_dad1]

BTW, here are the drawings for the new women's softball field at UA. It looks pretty state of the art to me...

[Aporkalypse]

Rumor on some hog boards is that it's going to be Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

BLAH

I was SO a fan of the Springdale Thunder Chickens. The mascot would've just been awesome. What the hell kind of mascot can you have for a "natural"?

[coreysr5]

i heard that it was gonna be the "Naturals" too. I want the Thunder Chickens!!! A mascot for the "naturals" will probly be a diamond or something else that represents arkansas, nothing close to being as cool as a thunder chicken.

[mcheiss]

Rumor on some hog boards is that it's going to be Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

BLAH

I was SO a fan of the Springdale Thunder Chickens. The mascot would've just been awesome. What the hell kind of mascot can you have for a "natural"?

[masons_dad1]

What the hell kind of mascot can you have for a "natural"?

[Mith242]

Rumor on some hog boards is that it's going to be Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

BLAH

I was SO a fan of the Springdale Thunder Chickens. The mascot would've just been awesome. What the hell kind of mascot can you have for a "natural"?

[cocothief]

Rumor on some hog boards is that it's going to be Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

BLAH

I was SO a fan of the Springdale Thunder Chickens. The mascot would've just been awesome. What the hell kind of mascot can you have for a "natural"?

[Aporkalypse]

A guy dressed like rolling hills?

[masons_dad1]

Most likely the team's logo will be the letter "N" and the mascot will be a generic bear wearing a hat with the letter "N" on it.

[zman9810]

http://springdalevotes.com/

Team name chosen? You'll need to scroll a couple of stories.

Has any else heard about this? Springdale Naturals beats most of the other choices, but it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

[masons_dad1]

http://springdalevotes.com/

Team name chosen? You'll need to scroll a couple of stories.

Has any else heard about this? Springdale Naturals beats most of the other choices, but it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

[zman9810]

If it's true that the Rich's already had a team name chosen while they had everyone voting for a name that sucks. Why would they mislead us into thinking we could make a difference, unless they think people in NWA are incapable of coming up with a better name than "Naturals". I'll bet they spent all of 30 seconds coming up with that name.

[Mith242]

Looks like you can divide people into two different groups. Those that like the Thunder Chickens and those who don't. I still say I wouldn't buy a jersey or hat with Thunder Chickens on it. It also just seems to go against the reason why the city of Springdale went to all this trouble. Did they not mention they wanted to try to change their image? Maybe someone should have suggested the Pollos Locos and went with a Mexican theme. Naturals isn't my top choice but I don't have a problem with it.

[masons_dad1]

I may not like Thunder Chickens as much as some of the other names, but I'll be supporting this team going by whatever name is chosen. I think there's a team somewhere called the Mud Hens and that would fall somewhere below Thunder Chickens.

[Mith242]

Oh yeah I never said I wouldn't support the team depending on what name they chose. But it might limit me on what merchandise I would buy.

[zman9810]

I may not like Thunder Chickens as much as some of the other names, but I'll be supporting this team going by whatever name is chosen. I think there's a team somewhere called the Mud Hens and that would fall somewhere below Thunder Chickens.

[Mith242]

Remember "MASH"? Wasn't Klinger's old team called "The Toledo Mud Hens"? or am I showing my age?

I searched- they are called that even today.

[edensfall]

A bit of a subject change, so the fact still stands that this stadium and surrounding area realy needs two exits off the freeway, but no one wants to make Watkins an interchange because they want to keep it a neighborhood street, BUT, I found something interesting out the other day. I was at my friends house and I saw orange flags running all down Oaklawn dr in peoples front yards, I asked him about it and he said that they are widening Oaklawn to 5 lanes. Incase some people dont know where this street is, its where 40th st ends in a hard left and turns into Oaklawn just a little bit south of Helen Tyson Middle School. But when I left his house I caught a glimpse of a path that was cut through the trees, it was a superwide dirt path heading straight through the dense trees and straight toward 48th st, as well as ground work between 48th st and I 540, i asked him about this too and he said that the rumor is that they are continuing Oaklawn from the 40th street L to 48th st and then it is going to intersect with I 540 become an over pass with huge off ramps like the 412 interchange and it will intersect with 56th and continue to another county road as it hits the Tontitown line. It makes sense, and this would deffinately be the best place to put this for everyone, the perfect middle spot between the Johnson exit and 412.

[masons_dad1]

I saw orange flags running all down Oaklawn dr in peoples front yards...