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Hank Aaron Stadium

Baseball park in Mobile, Alabama

Summary

Baseball park in Mobile, Alabama

Field	Value
name	Hank Aaron Stadium
image	Hank Aaron Stadium.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	Hank Aaron Stadium from the outfield in 2009
location	755 Bolling Brothers Boulevard
Mobile, AL 36606
coordinates
broke_ground	December 12, 1996
opened	April 17, 1997
closed	March 27, 2021
owner	City of Mobile
operator	Unknown
surface	Grass
construction_cost	$8 million
($ in dollars)
architect	Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects
project_manager	National Sports Services, Inc.
services_engineer	Volkert and Associates, Inc.
general_contractor	White-Spunner Construction, Inc.
tenants	Mobile BayBears (SL) 1997–2019
seating_capacity	6,000
dimensions	Left Field: 325 ft
Left-Center: 396 ft
Center Field: 400 ft
Right-center: 387 ft
Right Field: 310 ft

Mobile, AL 36606 ($ in dollars) Left-Center: 396 ft Center Field: 400 ft Right-center: 387 ft Right Field: 310 ft

Hank Aaron Stadium is a baseball park in Mobile, Alabama. From 1997 to 2019, it hosted the Mobile BayBears, a minor-league professional team in the Southern League. The stadium opened in 1997 and has a capacity of 6,000. The ballpark was named after Major League Baseball's home run king (1974–2007) and Mobile native Hank Aaron. It also features a commemorative plaque outside the stadium to honor each Mobilian enshrined at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Hank Aaron Stadium is unique in that the luxury suites are at field level. Thus, infield seating for the general public is elevated from the field by approximately 20 feet.

The BayBears played their final game on September 2, 2019, before a relocation to Madison, Alabama, in 2020. Mobile Sports and Entertainment Group (MSEG) was tabbed as operator of the stadium on December 11, 2019. In 2022, the property owner took back control of the land and has permanently closed the stadium. In 2023, the childhood home of Hank Aaron, which was a museum on the stadium property, was moved to another site in Mobile.

History

In November 1995, Mobile's city council voted to allocate $4 million to a new ballpark in Mobile and name it Hank Aaron Stadium. The city committed to pay for half the cost of construction and match the contribution of new franchise owner Eric Margenau. Architectural plans for the ballpark were unveiled in May 1996. Mobile city council member Vivian Davis Figures had suggested that the new ballpark be named after Aaron. The ballpark opened on April 17, 1997. Aaron's number 44 was retired by the BayBears and he threw out the first pitch with his parents, siblings, and extended family in attendance.

On July 14, 1999, the ballpark hosted the Double-A All-Star Game in which a team of National League-affiliated All-Stars defeated a team of American League-affiliated All-Stars, 3–0, before 6,174 people in attendance.

In the stadium's final BayBears game, Mobile was defeated by the Tennessee Smokies, 5–4, before a crowd of 1,554 people.

On March 26 and 27, 2021, the Savannah Bananas played the Savannah Party Animals. This was the final sporting event at Hank Aaron Stadium, as the owners seized control of the stadium in 2022.

References

(2003). "Baseball in Mobile". Arcadia Publishing.
"Stadiums". Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects.
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(May 30, 2018). "MiLB Approves Mobile BayBears Move to Madison".
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(31 March 2022). "Hank Aaron Stadium in limbo: Stadium vacant, city to void lease".
(5 April 2023). "Hank Aaron's childhood home relocating to Mobile park".
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(May 30, 1996). "Roosters' New Home in Mobile Unveiled". [[Wilmington Star-News.
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(September 2, 2019). "Smokies vs. BayBears Box Score - 09/02/19".
(April 3, 2021). "Gallery: Savannah Bananas' "One City World Tour" on March 26-27 in Mobile, Alabama". Savannah Morning News.

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