Lake County Fielders Ballpark, Coming Soon?
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Grain of Salt
I take Northern League attendance figures with a grain of salt, based on personal observation. My own experience with Schaumburg and Joliet is that the claimed attendance figures are WAY overstated. In Schaumburg last summer, the figures claimed seemed about double the number of people in the stands. In Joliet, it was common knowledge that free tickets were readily available, especially in the second half of the season. Even with that, the numbers were overstated. From what I've read, that seems to be more common than not with most indy teams. Have no personal experience with Gary, so maybe their numbers are on the up and up. Don't know.
This is the formula that seems to be used for many teams:
Tickets actually sold at any price+ tickets given away+ 500=attendance!
This is the formula that seems to be used for many teams:
Tickets actually sold at any price+ tickets given away+ 500=attendance!
Zion Field Pushed to July
Getting back to the primary topic of the Lake County ballpark, the Fielders have finally announced their temporary ball field in Zion will not be ready for the scheduled June 11th home opener. According to their website, the 15 home games scheduled for June will be played at the 450 seat Carthage College ballpark in Kenosha, WI.
The field in Zion is now set to open on July 2nd. It will have temporary bleacher seats and temporary lights. According to an article in the Lake County Sun, construction on the real stadium, banquet hall, and movie theater is slated to begin in September after the Northern League season ends.
The field in Zion is now set to open on July 2nd. It will have temporary bleacher seats and temporary lights. According to an article in the Lake County Sun, construction on the real stadium, banquet hall, and movie theater is slated to begin in September after the Northern League season ends.
LC's home opener is about an hour away (as I write this). This local story ran about the event: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/news ... 02.article It describes in (light) detail how they'll have 15 tents for concessions and other "amenities" (like portapoties). More pictures of the facility can be found elsewhere on the web (in the usual place).
Note that they won't have lighting for night games until July 26 so all the games will be played during the day. Most have been rescheduled for 4:45PM.
As for expansion...
(Commissioner) "Cluck" Griffith would probably say that teams #9 and #10 would be Omaha and Topeka. The former would be at the new CWS ballpark and financial disaster (both in rent and direct competition from the O-Royals). The latter is being run by Ventura Sports Group that owns 2 clubs in the AA and working several others in that league.
Note that they won't have lighting for night games until July 26 so all the games will be played during the day. Most have been rescheduled for 4:45PM.
As for expansion...
(Commissioner) "Cluck" Griffith would probably say that teams #9 and #10 would be Omaha and Topeka. The former would be at the new CWS ballpark and financial disaster (both in rent and direct competition from the O-Royals). The latter is being run by Ventura Sports Group that owns 2 clubs in the AA and working several others in that league.
Last edited by nlfan on Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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