It's Memorial Day...

It's Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer and a great day for baseball and a cookout. Hope you have a great one. Afternoon baseball on Memorial Day is a great tradition, just like the All-Star Game every summer. On Wednesday MLB will officially announce that the 2010 All-Star Game as been awarded to Anaheim and Angel Stadium. The stadium has not hosted the game since 1989 and it will be the third time it has hosted the mid-summer classic. Each time the Angels have hosted the game, the stadium has had a different look. According to a report it appears that the 2013 will be awarded to the Dodgers since Dodger Stadium celebrates is 50th birthday in 2012. So now its time to predict who will host the All-Star game after 2010 since the Yankees host the game this year and the Cardinals host the 2009 All-Star Game.

2008: Yankee Stadium
2009: Busch Stadium
2010: Angel Stadium
2011: Citi Field or Chase Field (Mets have not hosted the All Star Game since 1964 and the Diamondbacks have never hosted the game)
2012: Kauffman Stadium (MLB promised KC the game if renovations were completed at the stadium. They will be complete by next season)
2013: Dodger Stadium (based on speculation and the Dodgers have not hosted the game since 1980)
2014: Twins Ballpark (The Twins will have a new ballpark by 2014 and have not hosted the game since 1985)
2015: see 2011
2016: Rays Ballpark (If Tampa Bay builds a new ballpark they will be awarded this All-Star Game)
2017: Great American Ball Park (The Reds have not hosted the game since 1988)
2018: Cisco Field (The A's should have a new ballpark by 2018 and it will have been over three decades since they have hosted the game)

All of this is pure speculation. It will be interesting to see what happens!

a lack of updates

Sorry for the lack of blogging with updates to the site and random stuff. It has been a busy time with the baseball season in full swing. The home of the Mets, Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium is progressing rapidly. Visually it appears that Citi Field could be finished in a month or two. In reality this in not true as there is much work to be completed internally, not to mention the installation of seating and of course the playing field. In the Bronx, work continues on the new Yankee Stadium as some of the 50,000+ seats are beginning to be installed. The lower concrete seating decks are nearly complete. We will have many new construction pictures of both projects soon!

We have updated the financing information on the Rays Ballpark page that contains the latest figures from Tampa Bay.

If you are a big college football fan visit our sister site, College Gridirons at www.collegegridirons.com. The entire website has been redesigned with new information, pictures and more. Nearly 120 college football stadiums are profiled on the site. Baseball just started but college football will be here before you know it!

We have a lot of exciting things in store for ballparksofbaseball.com this summer. We will be on the west coast and New York City soon along with other cities across the country to bring you the latest pictures from your favorite ballparks.

The unofficial start of the summer starts this weekend with Memorial Day. Have a great and happy holiday weekend.

May Day updates...

It's the first of May already. Time sure does fly by. It's a new month and we have several updates. New construction pictures have been added to the new Yankee Stadium, Citi Field and Twins Ballpark pages. New desktop wallpaper has been added to our wallpaper section for anybody needing a change for their desktop on their computer.