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USA Today Releases Best Ballparks List

July 16, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
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McLean, Va. - Nominees have been announced for the Best Minor League Ballparks category in the 2013 10Best Readers' Choice Travel Award, according to The USA TODAY Travel Media Group.

20 nominees have been selected for this category of 10Best.com's prestigious weekly contest, which runs throughout the year. Readers and users will have four weeks in which to vote for Best Minor League Ballparks, and the winner will be revealed on 10Best.com on Wednesday, August 14, 2013.

Rules allow the public the right to vote online for one nominee per category, per day, during this category's four-week period.

The 10Best Readers' Choice Travel Award contest launches one new category each week, revealing its 20 nominees. New winners will also be revealed weekly, from an award category launched four weeks prior. Nominees for all categories are chosen by a panel of relevant experts which includes a combination of editors from USA TODAY; editors from 10Best.com; relevant expert contributors and sources for both these media and other Gannett properties. The nomination panel for each travel award category is displayed on its associated contest page. All voting is digital and the 10Best Readers' Choice Travel Award contest is available on the 10Best.com website. To see or share all the nominees: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-minor-league-ballpark/

The full list of 20 nominations for the Best Minor League Ballparks category is as follows: AT&T Bricktown Ballpark - Oklahoma City, OK

Autozone Park - Memphis, TN

Coca-Cola Field - Buffalo, NY

Dell Diamond - Round Rock, TX

Durham Bulls Athletic Park - Durham, NC

Fifth Third Field - Toledo, OH

FirstEnergy Stadium - Reading, PA

Jackie Robinson Ballpark - Daytona Beach, FL

LeLacheur Park - Lowell, MA

Louisville Slugger Field - Louisville, KY

McCormick Field - Asheville, NC

McCoy Stadium - Pawtucket, RI

MCU Park - Brooklyn, NY

Metro Bank Park - Harrisburg, PA

Modern Woodmen Park - Davenport, IA

Raley Field - Sacramento, CA

Richmond County Bank Ballpark - Staten Island, NY

Ripken Stadium - Aberdeen, MD

Riverwalk Stadium - Montgomery, AL

Whataburger Field - Corpus Christi, TX

While the 10Best Readers' Choice Travel Award contest lives on 10Best.com - a standalone travel media site - it will be promoted across USA TODAY Travel Media Group's existing and future digital, mobile and tablet products, as well as via social media. Nominees and winners may also be promoted and/or announced across Gannett media outlets including the websites of its 81 local newspapers and 23 television stations. "USA TODAY is thrilled to have this method of sharing what 10Best and USA TODAY readers and users love most," said John Peters, president of USA TODAY Travel Media Group. "Our readers are well-informed, well-travelled and opinionated. At the end of the day, content on our platforms is a reflection of them. A destination, organization or business which finds itself the recipient of a 10Best Readers' Choice Award has really accomplished something."

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