re: Local Spots in Hoover, AL

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Four site rotation:

Autozone Park
Zephyr Field
Baseball Grounds at Jacksonville
Coolray Field

Add Birmingham back in if they ever renovate Rickwood or build the stadium Downtown they've been proposing forever.




Pretty good proposal.

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In other words, just frick Birmingham altogether right? Seems like the only thing that will make some people here happy.

As for the rotation choices:

AutoZone Park - Absolutely. Great venue that still reasonably located in a somewhat central location.

Zephyr Field - Another good option. New Orleans not all that "central" but not out of the way either. New Orleans area obviously great at hosting sporting events.

Baseball Grounds at Jacksonville - Meh. My brother lived in J'Ville for about 10 years and unless you want to play golf during half the tourney Jacksonville isn't all that great. The venue is OK but no better than that Met and Jacksonville is one of the least centrally located venues you could come up with.

Coolray Field - Good venue. I just wonder though about logistics of any sites that are in such tight urban areas. Could be great but could also be a big drop off if the right teams aren't in the field.

In short, I'd rotate it between AutoZone Park, Zephyr Field and Bham. The downtown stadium for the Bham Barons just started construction FWIW.