Stu Sternberg Archives - Ballpark Nerd

The Tampa Rays Ballpark Future

Since joining the American League in 1998 the Tampa Bay Rays have played in Tropicana Field, home to the infamous catwalks above the playing field and plenty of fans dressed as empty seats. Managing General Partner Stu Sternberg made a proposal in November 2007 for a new open-air Ballpark on the site of Al Lang Field located on the Tampa Bay waterfront in downtown St. Petersburg. [Read more…]

Comerica Park

May 28, 2004: Detroit, Michigan September 28, 2003, the final day of the 2003 Major League Baseball regular season: ESPN cut away from regularly scheduled programming to bring its audience the final inning of the Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins … [Read More...]

Fenway Park

July 27, 2002: Boston, Massachusetts “Oh I love that dirty water, Boston you’re my home!” Fenway Park, named after the Fens wetlands the ballpark was built in, has been home to the Boston Red Sox since April 20, 1912. Over the past 93 seasons, … [Read More...]

Target Field

May 23, 2010: Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Lakes and one of the finest ballparks in Major League Baseball. Target Field made its debut in 2010 and ushered in a return to open-air baseball for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins’ … [Read More...]

RFK Stadium

September 24, 2005: The District of Columbia Baseball is America’s game, whose capital city, Washington, D.C., was without the game for 33 long years. Much has changed in the game of baseball and the country since September 30, 1971, the day the … [Read More...]

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

September 2, 2005: Minneapolis, Minnesota Maybe because it was the first city I visited after my father passed away, or the great restaurants like Chef E’s Soul Food, Runyon’s, and Famous Dave’s BBQ. Maybe it was the cosmopolitan culture with … [Read More...]