First Horizon Park, one of the newest stadiums in Triple-A, opened in 2015. It is the home of the International League's Nashville Sounds.

There are 30 stadiums in use by Triple-A Minor League Baseball teams, which are the top affiliates of Major League Baseball clubs. The International League uses 20 stadiums, and the Pacific Coast League uses 10. The oldest stadium among these teams is Cheney Stadium, home of the Pacific Coast League's Tacoma Rainiers, which opened in 1960. The newest stadium is Polar Park, home of the International League's Worcester Red Sox, which opened in 2021. The highest seating capacity of all active Triple-A teams is 16,600 at Sahlen Field, where the International League's Buffalo Bisons play. The stadium with the lowest capacity is Tacoma's Cheney Stadium, which seats 6,500.

Stadiums

International League

Main article: List of International League stadiums
Name Team City State Opened Capacity Ref.
121 Financial Ballpark Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Jacksonville Florida 2003 11,000 [1]
AutoZone Park Memphis Redbirds Memphis Tennessee 2000 10,000 [2]
CHS Field St. Paul Saints Saint Paul Minnesota 2015 7,210 [3]
Coca-Cola Park Lehigh Valley IronPigs Allentown Pennsylvania 2008 10,100 [4]
Coolray Field Gwinnett Stripers Lawrenceville Georgia 2009 10,427 [5]
Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham Bulls Durham North Carolina 1995 10,000 [6]
Fifth Third Field Toledo Mud Hens Toledo Ohio 2002 10,300 [7]
First Horizon Park Nashville Sounds Nashville Tennessee 2015 10,000 [8]
Harbor Park Norfolk Tides Norfolk Virginia 1993 11,856 [9]
Huntington Park Columbus Clippers Columbus Ohio 2009 10,100 [10]
Innovative Field Rochester Red Wings Rochester New York 1997 10,840 [11]
Louisville Slugger Field Louisville Bats Louisville Kentucky 2000 13,131 [12]
NBT Bank Stadium Syracuse Mets Syracuse New York 1997 10,815 [13]
PNC Field Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Moosic Pennsylvania 1989 10,000 [14]
Polar Park Worcester Red Sox Worcester Massachusetts 2021 9,508 [15]
Principal Park Iowa Cubs Des Moines Iowa 1992 11,500 [16]
Sahlen Field Buffalo Bisons Buffalo New York 1988 16,600 [17]
Truist Field Charlotte Knights Charlotte North Carolina 2014 10,200 [18]
Victory Field Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Indiana 1996 13,750 [19]
Werner Park Omaha Storm Chasers Papillon Nebraska 2011 9,023 [20]

Pacific Coast League

Main article: List of Pacific Coast League stadiums
Name Team City State Opened Capacity Ref.
Cheney Stadium Tacoma Rainiers Tacoma Washington 1960 6,500 [21]
Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark Oklahoma City Dodgers Oklahoma City Oklahoma 1998 9,000 [22]
Constellation Field Sugar Land Space Cowboys Sugar Land Texas 2012 7,500 [23]
Dell Diamond Round Rock Express Round Rock Texas 2000 11,631 [24]
Greater Nevada Field Reno Aces Reno Nevada 2009 9,013 [25]
Las Vegas Ballpark Las Vegas Aviators Las Vegas Nevada 2019 10,000 [26]
Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park Albuquerque Isotopes Albuquerque New Mexico 2003 13,500 [27]
Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake Bees Salt Lake City Utah 1994 14,511 [28]
Southwest University Park El Paso Chihuahuas El Paso Texas 2014 9,500 [29]
Sutter Health Park Sacramento River Cats Sacramento California 2000 14,014 [30]

Map

Current Triple-A stadium locations in the United States
Sahlen Field
Coca-Cola Park
Innovative Field
PNC Field
NBT Bank Stadium
Truist Field
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Coolray Field
Harbor Park
Huntington Park
Victory Field
Louisville Slugger Field
Fifth Third Field
Principal Park
Werner Park
AutoZone Park
First Horizon Park
CHS Field
121 Financial Ballpark
Polar Park
Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
Dell Diamond
Greater Nevada Field
Sutter Health Park
Cheney Stadium
Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park
Las Vegas Ballpark
Smith's Ballpark
Southwest University Park
Constellation Field
Current Triple-A stadium locations in the United States:
  International League
  Pacific Coast League

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