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The Blue Wahoos and the City of Pensacola earlier this year announced the upgrades, which also include installing LED lights to replace the existing lights at the ballpark. The combined cost will be more than $2 million.
Why synthetic turf? Why now? There are a multitude of reasons.
The Blue Wahoos have a 10-year partnership with the Miami Marlins as their Double-A affiliate. It matches the terms of a license agreement signed by all Minor League Baseball teams with their respective affiliates, after Major League Baseball in late 2020 took over operations of the minor leagues.
Part of that agreement includes maintaining facility standards MLB wants.
By matching the surface, including the warning track and dirt infield, as LoanDepot Park, it will give the Marlins’ top talent in Double-A the same kind of playing-surface feel as when players advance to Miami.
The Marlins’ High-A affiliate, the Beloit Sky Carp in Beloit, Wisc, which is co-owned by Blue Wahoos owners Quint and Rishy Studer, installed this same synthetic surface when moving into their new ballpark, ABC Supply Stadium, back in August. The Marlins will now have two of their top three minor league levels playing on synthetic turf.
Why synthetic turf? Why now? There are a multitude of reasons.
The Blue Wahoos have a 10-year partnership with the Miami Marlins as their Double-A affiliate. It matches the terms of a license agreement signed by all Minor League Baseball teams with their respective affiliates, after Major League Baseball in late 2020 took over operations of the minor leagues.
Part of that agreement includes maintaining facility standards MLB wants.
By matching the surface, including the warning track and dirt infield, as LoanDepot Park, it will give the Marlins’ top talent in Double-A the same kind of playing-surface feel as when players advance to Miami.
The Marlins’ High-A affiliate, the Beloit Sky Carp in Beloit, Wisc, which is co-owned by Blue Wahoos owners Quint and Rishy Studer, installed this same synthetic surface when moving into their new ballpark, ABC Supply Stadium, back in August. The Marlins will now have two of their top three minor league levels playing on synthetic turf.
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