After nearly 13 years of development, Opening Day Partners and the York County Industrial Development Authority announced on April 25, 2006 that York would field an Atlantic League team in 2007. It marked the first game of professional baseball played in York since 1969. In June 2006, site demolition on the stadium site commenced, and a few months later construction of $33 million Sovereign Bank Stadium began.
On June 15, 2007, Sovereign Bank Stadium opened its gates displaying the 37-foot-high “Arch Nemesis” left field wall, the tallest wall in all of professional baseball. The park holds a seating capacity of approximately 5,200 in addition to 20 sky boxes and vast outfield lawn seating. The Bud Light Picnic Pavilion in right field can accommodate 600 fans, and the DownTown Playground in left-center features a riding carousel for the young and young at heart. The main entrance to Sovereign Bank Stadium features the “Brooks Robinson Plaza,” named in honor of the Hall-of-Fame third baseman who began his professional career in York in 1955. The Revolutionary theme is an important part of the in-game atmosphere at Sovereign Bank Stadium. A fan-favorite is the cannon blast from Cannonball Charlie, decked out in wartime apparel, following each home run and each win at home by the Revs.
The team is owned and operated by Opening Day Partners who have other baseball interests in Lancaster, PA, Southern Maryland and Camden, NJ. |
General Manager: Matt O'Brien
