Regions Field
Regions Field is the name of a minor league baseball park in the Southside community of Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. It is the home field for the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League, and it replaced Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover as their home field. It also serves as the second home field along with Jerry D. Young Memorial Field for the UAB Blazers. Regions Field is located adjacent to the Railroad Park, just south of downtown Birmingham.
Western elevation along 14th Street South | |
| Location | 1401 1st Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33.50763°N 86.810218°W |
| Owner | City of Birmingham |
| Operator | Birmingham Baseball Club, Inc. |
| Capacity | 8,500 |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 2, 2012 |
| Opened | April 10, 2013 |
| Construction cost | $64 million ($80.4 million in 2022 dollars) |
| Architect | HKS, Inc. Hoskins Architecture GA Studio |
| Structural engineer | MBA Structural Engineers |
| Services engineer | KHAFRA Engineering Consultants, Inc. |
| General contractor | Robins & Morton/A. G. Gaston |
| Tenants | |
| Birmingham Barons (SL/Double-A South) (2013–present) UAB Blazers (NCAA Division I) (2014–present) | |
Baseball in Birmingham traces its history to 1885 with the establishment of the original Barons, and from 1910 to 1987, professional baseball teams called Rickwood Field home. In 1988, the Barons moved to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, leaving the city of Birmingham without professional baseball. In 2009, a proposal surfaced to build a downtown stadium to bring baseball back to Birmingham. After a feasibility study was completed, in October 2010, the city lodging tax was increased to finance its construction and in November 2010, a tentative agreement was reached to bring the Barons back to Birmingham. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the new facility on February 2, 2012, and the park celebrated its grand opening on April 10, 2013.