Bees are Buzzing in Burlington

 The Burlington Bees were a Class-A minor league team in the Midwest League for the Los Angeles Angels.  However with the new realignment of Minor League teams, this is a new thing for the Bees to be aligned with the Prospect League.  The Prospect League is essentially kind of like the Cape Cod League or Northwoods League, which are summer wooden bat collegiate player teams who are likely for draft prospects in the MLB.  This rearrangement happened after I visited this in 2019, which actually concluded my Iowa minor league teams at the time.  What did I think of their ballpark and place? Here we go below!

The Canopy at Community Field

The first thing I got when I got there was a grass parking lot.  This stadium, known as Community Field, is easily noted for one thing.  That is the big canopy (which yes I have a photo of here) that is located right behind the press box and the concourse behind that.  You can see this from a distance so you know where to go for this field.  There is one main stand for concessions and the team store but the concessions are a plenty for food.  Anywhere from nachos, pork tenderloin sandwiches, Chicago dogs, and more.  They are all a decent price so you can spend less than 50 bucks for food and drink with a family of four in a 7-9 inning game.  The team store had a good array of things and, as typical for myself, I bought a Bees hat and it worked out well overall.  All the different array of things would lead to a good on field product right?

On field action

The on-field product is good yes, but it was not with major bells and whistles.  This is noted as some teams really pile it on with the need for entertainment.  The Bees didn't have that and the focus was the team on the field.  I do like that honestly as my focus at a game is for the players on the field.  I know this isn't a sport tailored for myself and rather for kids so I think they probably will take that into effect with the Prospect League going forward.  The field lends itself to be kind of a blast from the past feel to it due to having a baseball field built long ago with many renovations.  I know the major one is the party deck in left field that was hopping at the time.  The game itself was a pitching duel with some offense a couple of innings.  Burlington ended up winning this game and it was overall a fun time.  So all in all, how would this stack up against other, at the time, Midwest League stadiums?

Honestly, this would relate at the time as middle of the road of the stadiums in the Midwest League.  It was better than Beloit, Clinton as well, but behind those of Quad Cities, Peoria, Kane County, Wisconsin and Cedar Rapids and Fort Wayne that I had been to.  With them going to the Prospect League, it's bound to be one of the better stadiums.  I would still go back to this and would encourage fans to go.  Especially if you have a family, you can spend less than 100 dollars on a good set of souvenirs and food at the park.  Do take the trip to Burlington and have fun at Community Field.