From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – Any baseball fans who wanted to go to the Rickwood Classic may be disappointed to hear that the historic field will close for emergency repairs according to a report by AL.com. The game will be played at Regions Field instead.
Rickwood Field
Engineers in Birmingham recently discovered structural issues in the building, prompting the city to close the field to be repaired on a $450,000 budget.
The Birmingham mayor’s office said that repairs will begin “immediately.”
Rickwood Field is the oldest professional baseball park in the country and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The field is particularly famous for hosting the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues during the 1920s until the 1960s when baseball teams integrated.
The Birmingham Barons is scheduled to play the Chattanooga Lookouts on May 31.
5 Comments
Bill Dooley
They need to bulldoze it down just like Langford did the historic fairgrounds raceway
Janice Archer Thomas
I don’t think so!
William Kennedy
Wrong.
Bill Dooley
I don’t think the racetrack should have been torn down. Look at the rich history it had. And what did they put in its place NOTHING. So why was it tore down
Marc Ward
Wrong. The CrossPlex was built there