⚾ 🥎 The SEC Softball Tournament will head to Madison, Alabama starting in 2027.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

That game Bama played there last season played a big part in getting this deal done and approved. It was a trial run of sorts.

 

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[Rsedge72]

Hello temporary fences!!!!

 

[Rsedge72]

It’s a nice complex for sure, but if your looking for a minor league facility??!?

Blue wahoos stadium is hands down the best I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of em..

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

It’s a nice complex for sure, but if your looking for a minor league facility??!?

Blue wahoos stadium is hands down the best I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of em..

They wanted somewhere that was centrally located within the SEC footprint (for travel reasons)... kinda like Hoover and the SEC baseball tournament.

 

[Rsedge72]

They wanted somewhere that was centrally located within the SEC footprint (for travel reasons)... kinda like Hoover and the SEC baseball tournament.

Yeah I can understand that. Temporary fences are really my biggest gripe, really just gets under my skin for some reason.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Huntsville metro isn't slowing down. It's only half the size of the Greenville, SC MSA, but they are similar, and so many things are lined up for continued crazy growth. Significant influx of industry, and with significant government contracting (Madison bests this one).

I think of car tags. You have Jefferson/Mobile/Montgomery as 1/2/3 in historical population, giving them an extra number due to their size. Now they're alphanumeric, so there's greater capacity. When Madison County (47) passed Montgomery County in total population some years ago, it was announced that there would be no change in county, which would've had a cascading effect for all counties below "M". Now that they've passed Mobile County, too, I guess they don't take 2, either. Quite a feat, given the growth on the Eastern Shore.