The Columbia Fireflies on April 14 opened the gates at Spirit Communications Park, the new home of the Mets’ low Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.
The Columbia Fireflies’ opening night was a blast for 6-year-old Landon Nieto and 9-year-old Hayden Geib, even if the cousins spent most of the game playing on a grassy berm just beyond the stadium’s right field wall.
When employees at the Columbia office of law firm Ogletree Deakins settle into their new home, one can almost imagine a cry of “Play ball!” echoing down the hallway.
On April 14, Columbia residents will be presented with a new multi-use sports and entertainment venue, also the new home of the city’s new minor league baseball team, the Columbia Fireflies.
The new BullStreet Common development has another tenant. Commercial real estate brokers NAI Avant announced Tuesday that the historic Park Annex on the former S.C. State Hospital grounds has been leased.
Ogletree Deakins has become the inaugural tenant of the First Base Building at the new Bull Street campus redevelopment, the employment and labor law firm confirmed Tuesday.
Columbia's Minor League Baseball team finally has a name. City leaders and the team ownership from Hardball Capital held a news conference to unveil the name of the city's Columbia team as the Columbia Fireflies.
The Mets have announced that they will move their Single-A affiliate in the South Atlantic League to Columbia, S.C. next season. Currently, that affiliate is stationed in Savannah, Ga.
Spirit Communications wants to do more than own the naming rights to the capital city’s new minor league baseball stadium being built on the old State Hospital grounds. It wants to turn the redeveloped Bull Street campus into a gigabit community.