EXPLORING AN ABANDONED BASEBALL STADIUM: JOE DAVIS STADIUM IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA
EXPLORING AN ABANDONED BASEBALL STADIUM: JOE DAVIS STADIUM IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA
Joe W. Davis Stadium is a minor league baseball park in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, which hosted the Huntsville Stars of the Southern League from 1985 until 2014, and then served as a temporary home for the Stars' successor (the Biloxi Shuckers)
Built in 1985, the stadium is located on the grounds of Huntsville's former airport, adjacent to Huntsville's main north–south thoroughfare, U.S. Highway 231 (S. Memorial Parkway).[4] The stadium is a multi-purpose facility that seats 10,488 with 15 air-conditioned skyboxes. Ticket offices and the general office are located on the second floor of the stadium. Closed circuit television above the main concourse allows for viewing of the game while grabbing a bite at the concession stands. In addition to baseball, Joe W. Davis Stadium has been used for high school football, monster truck rallies, and concerts.
Nicknamed The Crown Jewel of the Southern League upon its construction, the stadium was the oldest venue in the league during its final year of operation.
The stadium is named for the longtime mayor of Huntsville, Joe W. Davis, who was instrumental in the city's efforts to construct the stadium. Construction came about in 1984 after Nashville Sounds owner Larry Schmittou purchased the Evansville Triplets with the intent of moving the team in 1985 to Nashville, Tennessee to effectively elevate his Double-A Sounds to the Triple-A level. As a result of this move, the existing Double-A franchise needed a new home. Schmittou considered a swap, which would have sent the Double-A team to Evansville, Indiana to replace the Triplets. Evansville city leaders balked at the requested stadium upgrades, leading Schmittou to seek alternate arrangements, which resulted in the franchise's move to Huntsville. The team became known as the Huntsville Stars, and Schmittou continued to own the franchise until selling it to a local ownership group in 1994.
The first game was held on April 19, 1985. The Stars defeated the Birmingham Barons 10-0 in a game that included a grand slam from future major-leaguer Jose Canseco.[5]
In the mid-2000s, renovations began on the stadium, including the replacement of all the stadium's box seats. In 2004, Joe Davis Stadium's current scoreboard, a 36-by-48-foot scoreboard complete with LED numbering and a 12-by-18-foot videoboard, was installed.
In 2014, the Stars were sold to an ownership group with the intent of relocating the franchise to Biloxi, Mississippi at the end of the season.[6] The sale followed years of failed attempts to secure a new ballpark for the team in Huntsville.[7] However, due to construction delays preventing the new Biloxi stadium from being completed in time for the Southern League's 2015 opening day, and because the franchise was still operating under a lease to use Joe Davis Stadium, the newly-christened Biloxi Shuckers played 15 of its first 25 scheduled home games in Huntsville.[5] (The remaining ten home games were played with Biloxi acting as the home team on its opponents' home fields.)
The final game at Joe Davis Stadium was played on May 25, 2015 – a 7-2 rain-shortened win for the Shuckers over the Barons.[8]
The Huntsville city government, which has owned the stadium since its construction, planned to demolish it sometime in 2015.[5] As of July 2017, the stadium is still standing.
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Each suite at Huntsville Homewood Suites features a spacious living area and kitchenette including a dishwasher, 2-burner stove and full refrigerator. A 32-inch flat-screen TV, CD/DVD player and an iPod docking station are provided.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Huntsville-Village of Providence offers a gym and full-service business center.
A hot breakfast buffet with pastries, fruit, waffles and quesadillas is served every morning at the Village of Providence Homewood Suites.
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