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BaseballReno.com
Official site of Reno's Triple-A baseball team.
Ballpark Information
City of Reno > Baseball Stadium Project
"The City of Reno is working on a plan bring a AAA baseball team to downtown Reno."
Tucson Citizen > Q&A about Winders sale
"For nearly 40 years, Tucson has kept up its minor league baseball affair with the Pacific Coast League. That streak is in serious jeopardy, and there seem to be more than 40 questions about how this happened and what's next. We try to answer some of them." June 13, 2007
Reno Baseball History
100 Greatest Minor League Baseball Teams > #55 1961 Reno Silver Sox (97 - 43)
"Featuring a hard-hitting infield and the leagues top pitcher, the California League entry from Reno in 1961 easily bested the competition. Two members of the infield would go on to the majors, but the pitcher was left behind, his career cut short by tragedy and misunderstanding." A fascinating tale of triumph, heartbreak and Robb Nen's father.
Blog Entries
Reno and its Discontents > Renos Triple A Baseball Team Name: Reno Aces
"According to the ultra scientific R&D poll, the name of Renos new triple A baseball team should be the Reno Aces which received 15 out of 36 votes. Sadly, the most negative choice, 'anything but Reno Ramblers or Rustlers' was the second most popular answer." October 3, 2007
Reno and its Discontents > AAA Baseball Is Coming To Reno
"Is there a requirement for the developer to actually develop any of the ball park district other than the stadium? For me, thats the most important part of this deal — to see the entertainment infrastructure built downtown, whether the baseball team is a success or not." September 23, 2007
Downtown Makeover > Baseball Stadium Approved
"Groundbreaking is January 1. So that's that! It's approved, the land deals are approved, everyone's happy with what they got, the city council is almost more elated about Herbert Simon's plans for retail on several blocks surrounding the stadium than they are about the stadium." September 21, 2007
The Urban Blog > Reno: Baseball Renderings by Hook or Crook
"How annoying. Reno never got around to posting the minutes from the joint meeting of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency on the Reno AAA baseball stadium issue, and I wasn't able to grab anything from the worthless video stream of the meeting, and I haven't seen any pics posted anywhere of what this "district" is supposed to look like." August 31, 2007
Opinion Pieces
Arizona Daily Star > City of Reno taking a gamble
"In Tucson's 39 seasons in the PCL, the Toros/Sidewinders have never drawn more than 309,623. Not during three PCL championship seasons. Not when affiliated with the White Sox, A's, Rangers, Astros, Brewers or Diamondbacks. Never." September 2007
Arizona Daily Star > Even bigger loss for Tucson looms after Sidewinders go
"The laughable irony of this Sidewinders-to-Nevada situation is that Reno is famous for an archway that crosses that city's main downtown thoroughfare. It says: THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE WORLD Or, big thinkers getting things done. Tucson is the reverse of that. We should build an archway across troubled Interstate 10 that reads: THE LITTLEST BIG CITY IN THE WORLD Or, little thinkers struggling to get anything done right. Our politicians built a $37 million ballpark in an area so remote and unsightly that when the inspiring Sidewinders won the 2006 Pacific Coast League championship they averaged 5,276 during the home playoffs — roughly 46 percent capacity at Tucson Electric Park." June 2007
Reno News & Review > Play Ball
"The issue basically boils down to this: Reno, Sparks, Fourth Street and Prater Way have all struggled with redevelopment for years. Across the country, baseball stadiums have become the linchpins in successful redevelopment efforts. If the stadium were built on the border of the cities, it could become the centerpiece diamond on a string of jewels that has downtown Reno at one end and the Sparks Marina at the other." February 2004
Reno News & Review > Baseball Town
"I was surprised at the level of skepticism out there. Apparently, these skeptics forget that Reno has a long, successful history of baseball, and that several primary obstacles — none of which had to do with doubts about fan support — forced the last two teams to leave town." August 2001
Say It Aint So > Stadium Subsidies in Nevada
"Las Vegas and Reno are cities with vibrant economies and rapidly expanding populations. If minor-league (and in the case of Las Vegas, perhaps major-league) teams can turn a profit in Nevadas two urban areas, they should do so on their own dime." July 2001