WORCESTER-WooSox enjoyed a successful first season in and out of the field in 2021. The team is preparing to celebrate their second year at Polar Park, but there are many new aspects for fans to get excited about this season. Or later.
During the off-season, WooSox announced several upgrades to be completed in time for the April 12 home opener.
Many of the new additions include another state-of-the-art video board on the Worcester Wall in the right field, a water station, a cell phone charger, cotton candy, fried bread, and a waiting service for fans of accessible seats. Streets that include duck boat parties at the summit (details below), weekly concession specials, and guaranteed reserved seats on what was once called a general admission ticket.
WooSox has added an area of 34 seats behind the field wall in the center right. The Red Sox’s dedication to the great and latest Hall of Fame, David Ortiz, is called Papi’s Power Array.
WooSox has upgraded tickets that were once considered general admission. All red seats, drink rails and high top tables are now reserved seats at the same price. So if you need to use the toilet during the game, you don’t have to worry about losing the “GA” spot.
For more information, call (508) 500-8888, send an email to [email protected], Monday-Friday 9 am-5pm, or Saturday 10 am-4pm Please contact the ticket office directly until time.
Yes, many people ask about parking around the stadium. This was a major issue during WooSox’s inauguration season last year. The city’s parking plans are the same as last season, but the Green Island parking lot is fully operational with 300 cars.
The Summit Street fan experience, which wasn’t completed until the team’s last home stand last season, will be a popular spot before, during and after the match. It features history and a more local taste in the area behind the walls of Worcester. Sherwood Diner, the famous Boston duck boat “Beantown Betty”, the Wormtown Brewery, Worcester’s cap car merchandise, “Wooster’s Taste” all have a permanent home on Summit Street.
Sherwood Diner also serves as the headquarters of the WooSox Foundation. Host WooSox and former Boston Red Sox players to meet and greet fans. It will be the centerpiece of Summit Street and bring energy to the canal district.
In addition, there are impressive murals.
Aritfakt Studios local artist Ryan Gardell, along with Ferray Jean-Baptiste, Ferdinand Nazario and Ghrimm Xavier, all worked as assistant artists to create striking murals depicting the many personalities of the canal district, including Babe Ruth. Theodore Tona, founder of TableTalkPies; Emma Goldman, a pioneer in women’s rights. Tobias Boland, a contractor for the construction of the Blackstone Canal. Internationally renowned jazz pianist Jaki Beard. Stanley Kunitz, American poet laureate. And Mary Jane Mack, teacher and principal of Ash Street School for 55 years.
The Summit Street Fair is held on Game Day and includes music, magicians, face painters and other family-friendly elements. The opening of Summit Street also introduces “The WooSox Loop,” a 0.4-mile route that allows fans to go around the park.
Summit Street Ticket Office, or Gate A, on the corner of Summit Street and Plymouth Street, offers a second call area. This will provide a new convenient entrance to Plymouth Street for fans walking from the Worcester Common and Union Station areas.
In the field, there is a constantly changing roster at the minor league level, and this season we have a new look at Polar Park. This also means that familiar people such as Yairo Munoz, Jack Lopez, Tate Massenny, Josh Ockimi, Daniel Gossett, Joey Meneses, Reinel Espinal, and Stephen Gonzalves are no longer part of the organization. To do.
There are changes to the team’s broadcast booth this season.
Josh Maurer, a longtime minor league broadcaster who spent the last eight seasons at the Red Sox Triple A affiliate in Pawtucket and Woster, was hired by Milwaukee Brewers to join the team’s radio broadcast team during the offseason. I did.
With Maurer’s departure, WooSox has adopted Tyler Murray as the team’s next broadcaster. He has been the voice of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats for the past six seasons. He will join the WooSox broadcast team of Jim Cain, Mike Antneris, Jay Burnham and Cooper Boardman.
There are also some new or updated amenities for fans in and around Polar Park.
• The number of AED devices around the stadium, such as concourse and DCU level, has increased.
• Below the Leftfield scoreboard, 8th Hill is a corona-themed area with a fan-friendly beer hut.
• WooSox knows that you need to do a better job with recyclables at Polar Park. From this season, there will be a return bin in the concourse. When you deposit an empty bottle or cup, WooSox will receive all return revenue and benefit the WooSox Foundation.
• The team has also added automatic doors at specific locations around the stadium, including Gate D.
• Connie Island welcomes a new prime spot in the main concourse this season.
• The scenery inside the baseball field can be a perennial theme depending on the season. More plants are planted to decorate the area around the berm with the left fielder.
• Madison Street’s Home Plate Hill will undergo a makeover this season, including irrigation systems and sidewalks for fans to enjoy.
• Originally, there were only three flagpoles in the center fielder on the right, but this season we will be adding two short flagpoles.
• As you walk down Madison Street, you will notice the visiting team’s batting tunnel through the window in front of the building. It will change after the 2022 season and the space will be used to accommodate new tenants (maybe Dunkin?).
• There is a new dining and viewing area between Sherwood Diner and Taste of Worcester on Summit Street. In addition to the table and umbrella, three large-screen TVs will be installed so fans can enjoy another vantage point.
• The legendary duck boat Beantown Betty is housed next to the batter’s eyes in the Centerfield. The group can watch the game from an amphibious vehicle and look back on the memories of the 12 Championship Parades that have been enjoyed by four major Boston sports teams since 2001.
