Kino Sports Complex
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium (baseball) North Stadium (soccer) | |
Tucson Sidewinders (PCL) (1998–2008) Tucson Padres (PCL) (2011–2013) Tucson Saguaros (PL) (2016–2017, 2022–present) North Stadium FC Tucson (USL2) (2012–present) Pima CC Aztecs football (2014–2018) | |
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Kino Sports Complex is a multiple-use sports complex in
Kino Sports Complex is also used to host
History
Spring training and AAA venue
Tucson Electric Park opened in 1998. Larger and more modern than central Tucson's
Mexican Rookie team
The unaffiliated
Departure of MLB spring training
The Chicago White Sox had an agreement to move to
Departure of the Sidewinders
The Tucson Sidewinders also played their last season at TEP in 2008. The team moved to Reno, Nevada, renaming itself the Reno Aces and remaining the AAA affiliate of the Diamondbacks.
At the same time, the
TEP was thus, for a time, without any Major League or minor league baseball tenant.
Name change
In 2010, after the end of the
Tucson Padres
In 2011, the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate relocated from Portland, Oregon to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium and renamed itself the Tucson Padres. They were formerly known as the Portland Beavers. Originally the San Diego Padres organization wanted to arrange for a stadium to be approved and constructed in Escondido, California, however that stadium plan later fell through when California eliminated their redevelopment agencies.[9] The team departed Tucson for El Paso, Texas prior to the beginning of the 2014 season and assumed the name "El Paso Chihuahuas."[10]
FC Tucson
Since 2012, FC Tucson has played its games at Kino Sports Complex's North Stadium. The club began its existence in the Premier Development League (now USL League Two), and in 2019 began play in the higher-level USL League One. In 2023, the team went back to USL League Two.
Pima Community College
The Pima Community College Aztecs football played its home games at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium for several seasons. The team moved to the Kino Sports Complex North Stadium for the 2014 season until the school ended its football program completely in 2018.[11]
World Baseball Classic
The qualifiers for the 2023 World Baseball Classic were held at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in September 2022.[12]
References
- ^ "Tucson Electric Park". www.baseballpilgrimages.com.
- ^ "Baseball Tax Plan Adds Local Diversions to the List". Arizona Daily Star. June 28, 2008.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Tucson Electric Park – Holben, Martin & White Consulting Structural Engineers Inc". Archived from the original on May 5, 2014.
- ^ "sports.html". January 15, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-01-15.
- ^ Teichgraeber, Tara (April 5, 1998). "Field Construction Hot Ticket for Valley Crest". Phoenix Business Journal.
- ^ Watters, Carrie (November 18, 2008). "White Sox Will Play in Glendale Next Spring". The Arizona Republic.
- ^ http://www.pima.gov/current/White.Sox.economic.development.proposal.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Smith, Dylan (December 18, 2010). "Tucson's New Triple-A Team Announces Name: Tucson Padres". Tucson Sentinel.
- ^ Finley, Patrick (December 29, 2011). "Tucson Padres Owner to Look at Selling Team". Arizona Daily Star.
- ^ "Aztecs football falls to Kilgore College in Heart of Texas Bowl". Pima Aztecs. December 1, 2018.
- ^ Axisa, Mike. "Hall of Famer Mike Piazza to manage Italy when World Baseball Classic returns in 2023." CBS Sports. March 23, 2022. Accessed March 24, 2022. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-to-manage-italy-when-world-baseball-classic-returns-in-2023/
External links
Media related to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium at Wikimedia Commons