You don’t really have to click through. It just made sense after writing about the new ballpark yesterday that we’d report the final score of the first game at Birmingham’s Regions Field. The Barons beat the Mississippi Braves, 9-5, in front of 8,505 fans.
While the street paving may be ending over near Railroad Park, it’s looking like construction is just getting started. You’re looking at the site once considered for the Standard at Midtown. Now, it’s trying to be a Parkside home for nearly 300 people in greater downtown Birmingham.
It’ll be a few weeks before everything’s finished and the next project is underway, but Regions Field and the Birmingham Barons appear ready for their closeup this evening as the eyes of the baseball world shift to Alabama’s Magic City.
You’re not going to let the closing of 1st Avenue South between 14th and 18th Streets for repaving keep you from enjoying two incredible events this weekend at Railroad Park, are you? We didn’t think so – especially since there are quite a few parking alternatives available.
If you haven’t had a chance to look through and comment on the draft comprehensive plan for the city of Birmingham, you’ve now got a 60 day extension. It’s like you finally got the request for more time granted by that college professor of yours…
It’s time to show up again, Birmingham – this time the issues involves how we plan to move forward as a city. The opportunity to fully adopt a comprehensive plan for the first time in the city’s history is here.
While it appeared as though Jeremy Erdreich’s prediction in fall 2011 could be coming true, there’s a fence is up, the machinery is in place… and there’s now a Cadence Bank coming soon sign on the corner. The 723 parking spaces are still two blocks away too…
