ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s the day baseball fans have been waiting for. The Rochester Red Wings are preparing to play their home opener on Tuesday, kicking off the team’s first season at the newly-named ESL Ballpark.
The Red Wings will take on the Scranton RailRiders. The first pitch is at 4:05 p.m. News10NBC TODAY is live from the stadium with a look at what’s new this season and how the Red Wings franchise is gearing up. Livestream our show now through 7 a.m. here.
Celebration of the home opener
The gates at ESL Ballpark open at 2:30 p.m. for a celebration of the home opener. Local party band “Me and The Boyz” will perform. In addition, the first 5,000 fans will get a magnet of the Red Wings’ schedule, and the first 1,500 will get a Winter Knit Hat Giveaway. About 45 minutes before the first pitch, a Red Wings player will be signing autographs for fans.
This year marks the 50th season of team organist and Rochester Music Hall of Famer Fred Costello. Costello, who’s also celebrating his 90th birthday, will perform the national anthem. Incoming ESL Federal Credit Union President and CEO Tom Rogers will throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the season. You can get tickets to the game here.
More about the stadium name change
The home of the Red Wings got a new sponsor during the offseason: ESL Federal Credit Union. The name change to ESL Ballpark became official when the Monroe County Legislature approved it in February.
The Red Wings’ current stadium on One Morrie Silver Way opened its gates in 1997 and was known as Frontier Field. Before then, the team played at Silver Stadium on Norton Street from 1929 to 1996.
In 2022, the name changed to Innovative Field after Innovative Solutions, a tech company headquartered in Henrietta. This year, ESL, Rochester Community Baseball, and the county reached a deal to give ESL naming rights for 10 years with an option to extend it.
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