Sprindale Minor League Sports Complex and Minor League Baseball Stadium

[Mith242]

The first two years should be no problem filling the seats. It will be new and people will want to go check it out. It's after all the newness wears off will we get to see how things really go. If it were a different team people will sometimes go out to see a Major Leager who's rehabbing an injury and going up through the minor leagues to their way to starting again. I'm not sure there will be as much interest considering it's the Royals. They occasionally have a good team but nowadays it seems a bit rare. I guess we'll see if people just want to see a game and the atmosphere or if people will mainly be interested if they're winning games.

[masons_dad1]

Perhaps it won't sit empty for the first few millenia afterall?

[Aporkalypse]

They're having no problem winning games in Wichita so I doubt we'll have another underdog team in NWA.

[strmchsr77]

Do you think that it will pull as many people as Razorback baseball games? I would guess the first year it might get close.

[Aporkalypse]

Do you think that it will pull as many people as Razorback baseball games? I would guess the first year it might get close.

[strmchsr77]

Because of capacity differences it can't. It won't come near it.

[Mith242]

Really? I did not realize the new one was so much smaller. Capacity at Baum Stadium is just over 10,000. What is the capacity at this one?

[Aporkalypse]

I could be wrong but I was thinking around 4,000. But I'm just going off the top of my head.

Okay looked it up. Seating for 4,500 but an additional 1,500, probably on the grounds.

[masons_dad1]

I could be wrong but I was thinking around 4,000. But I'm just going off the top of my head.

Okay looked it up. Seating for 4,500 but an additional 1,500, probably on the grounds.

[Mith242]

And that's a good thing. Springdale doesn't need the parking and traffic headaches that Fayetteville has during baseball season. 4,500 is more than sufficient for a minor league team.

[Aporkalypse]

Yeah but I've never noticed any headaches from the baseball games. Maybe I just don't notice because it seems like nothing compared to 70,000+ football games.

[masons_dad1]

Yeah but I've never noticed any headaches from the baseball games. Maybe I just don't notice because it seems like nothing compared to 70,000+ football games.

[itk]

While driving along 540 the other day, I noticed you can see the site preparation/red dirt. It's really too bad it wasn't closer to 540, or for that matter, in downtown Springdale.

A couple of chicken houses still sort of block its view; granted, when the lights go up, it will hard to miss, but I have to wonder what will happen with the land between it and 540. Something commercial, no doubt.

[Mith242]

While driving along 540 the other day, I noticed you can see the site preparation/red dirt. It's really too bad it wasn't closer to 540, or for that matter, in downtown Springdale.

A couple of chicken houses still sort of block its view; granted, when the lights go up, it will hard to miss, but I have to wonder what will happen with the land between it and 540. Something commercial, no doubt.

[zman9810]

Yeah George owns more land in that area. Sounds like he plans for some retail and such sometime in the future.

[Mith242]

Looks like I was wrong on the seating. It's more than what I was thinking. I recently saw something stating it would be around 6,500.

[zman9810]

I recently made a trip to North Little Rock and visited the new Dickey-Stephens Ballpark. It looks great to me although it certainly has it's detractors in the general Arkansas forum. If the Springdale park looks as nice I think it will be money well spent for the city. The Dickey-Stephens Park certainly has a great location with a downtown skyline view and easy access, neither which the Springdale park will have. I thought a couple of photos contrasting the parks in their present state would be interesting. Both parks are built down in a hole as seems to be the norm.

[Mith242]

The only problem I have with the one in North Little Rock is the entrance. I can see why some refer to it as 'church-looking'. Aside from that though it looks like a nice stadium to me.

[zman9810]

The only problem I have with the one in North Little Rock is the entrance. I can see why some refer to it as 'church-looking'. Aside from that though it looks like a nice stadium to me.

[CellarDoor135]

The only problem I have with the one in North Little Rock is the entrance. I can see why some refer to it as 'church-looking'. Aside from that though it looks like a nice stadium to me.

[Mith242]

That stadium in NLR looks generic as hell. Let's pray that Springdale has better sense than that. Atleast the renderings for the field in Springdale point towards a much better stadium.

[Aporkalypse]

I don't know, considering this will be our first stadium like this I'm trying not to expect too much.

[Aporkalypse]

I don't know, considering this will be our first stadium like this I'm trying not to expect too much.

[Aporkalypse]

I don't know, considering this will be our first stadium like this I'm trying not to expect too much.

[cocothief]

I'm just happy with a team.

I'm not going to nitpick the architectural design of the stadium. Its going to be in chain-restaurant, strip mall land anyway, surrounded by a sea of parking.

Sure there are a lot of things that could be done better.

Go Nats.