How do Wilmington and Frederick compare as stadiums? Wilmington is a much larger city, so you'd think AA for the O's and Frederick as Low A for the Nats would make some sense, especially with Frederick's proximity to Hagerstown.
Both stadiums are of the early 90s variety. I haven’t been in the Wilmington stadium, which appears to be downtownish (I normally like going to my league stadiums within a day drive, but their Baltimore-riffic crime numbers as disincentivized night games, and 95 is such a zoo on the weekends). I’ve seen it from an Amtrak jaunt (passes close enough that you can partially see inside the stadium) and it looks fine; looks like it’s right off of 95. This article mentions recent upgrades:
https://www.wdel.com/news/report-blue-rocks-unaffected-by-proposed-minor-league-shakeup/article_f84b08d4-0b2e-11ea-b9e5-6f8e378eb56e.htmlFrederick’s is like most of those of that era with the open sightlines from the concourse, and it’s very near 270 and 70. Good atmosphere, I remember decent attendance when I’ve been there. (They shake keys during rallies.) i’m a little surprised that Bowie — which came along around the same time — hasn’t surfaced in any of the discussions.
