Enjoying your videos! I visited ABC Supply Stadium a few months ago as part of my quest to visit all MLB/MiLB parks (current count is 54 current parks + 15 former)
Once again, thank you for sharing Matt. How many caps do you have now? I guess, if you buy a cap at each visit of a ballpark, your collection may be rather impressive.
I'm up to 75 MiLB/Independent/Collegiate Summer League hats, and yep, one for each stop. I still have some gaps in the collection that will go on the Christmas list.
I will always be salty that MLB chose this new, shiny, and empty ballpark (866 in attendance - that's Florida State League levels of bad) instead of keeping the Kane County Cougars in MiLB. The Cougars draw 5-6x the "crowds" that show up in Beloit. Look, Beloit took it hard over the last few years, and spent far too much on the ballpark, but I though attendance mattered as much as a shiny ballpark. Ah well. MLB seems happy with 3-figure crowds, and the American Association certainly must like the atmosphere in Geneva.
I get your point about Kane County. Beloit averaged 1,606 in 2023, and this was a rain-delayed Wednesday night game, so definitely not representative. But yeah, Kane County averaged 5,228 in their final MiLB year.
Enjoying your videos! I visited ABC Supply Stadium a few months ago as part of my quest to visit all MLB/MiLB parks (current count is 54 current parks + 15 former)
Once again, thank you for sharing Matt.
How many caps do you have now? I guess, if you buy a cap at each visit of a ballpark, your collection may be rather impressive.
I'm up to 75 MiLB/Independent/Collegiate Summer League hats, and yep, one for each stop. I still have some gaps in the collection that will go on the Christmas list.
I will always be salty that MLB chose this new, shiny, and empty ballpark (866 in attendance - that's Florida State League levels of bad) instead of keeping the Kane County Cougars in MiLB. The Cougars draw 5-6x the "crowds" that show up in Beloit. Look, Beloit took it hard over the last few years, and spent far too much on the ballpark, but I though attendance mattered as much as a shiny ballpark. Ah well. MLB seems happy with 3-figure crowds, and the American Association certainly must like the atmosphere in Geneva.
I get your point about Kane County. Beloit averaged 1,606 in 2023, and this was a rain-delayed Wednesday night game, so definitely not representative. But yeah, Kane County averaged 5,228 in their final MiLB year.
Also the stadium is also build for other entertainment venues. So I would argue it’s a multi purpose stadium and not just for MILB baseball