Beloit, Wisconsin is a town on the southern border of Wisconsin and near in Illinois. In fact, one of their baseball stadiums is just about a block from crossing into Illinois. In one day in 2025, I was able to find myself a day to go to two games in the day, Beloit College's baseball program and the Beloit Sky Carp, which is the Minor league affiliate of the Marlins (At the time I went). The Buccaneers of Beloit won this day but the Sky Carp lost, so we went overall 1-1 on the day. This will be a review of both, and to probably accurately rate them, we'll go by location, price, atmosphere, and amenities:
Location:
For Beloit College's stadium, it's part of an athletic complex along with the football/La Crosse/Track and Field stadium, the softball diamond and soccer field. The Strong Athletic Complex is near the Beloit College campus and envelopes a large plot of land. I'll review a bit more later with the Strong Stadium review with Football, but have to say, pretty solid location. We'll give it 3.5 out of 5.
For the Sky Carp, they play baseball at ABC Supply Company Stadium. It's right next to the police station and some other shops like Subway, so while it's a bit weird to have a stadium next to a police/county building, it's still a remarkable looking stadium. It's also on the banks of the Rock River, so the lakefront and walking paths make it a major plus of a stadium overall. We'll give this location 4 out of 5.
Price:
For Beloit College this is easy, free game with free parking. This is easily a 5 out of 5. Any money you would pay is at the football stadium, which will be covered at a later date.
For the Sky Carp, I tend to forget what I paid for the ticket, I think it was 15-20. Parking is free (Again, they practically share/expand a lot with a county building) so.. there's that. For merch, I know it's market price but golly gracious MLB and MiLB are doing their best to price out the audience in these markets. For food, a lot of specialty foods will lend itself to higher prices. Too steep for me, but soda/water is still reasonable. I have to weigh the good with the bad, let's go 3.5 out of 5. Would definitely look to have just a regular burger/brat/hot dog added to the food rotation.
Atmosphere:
For Beloit College, there is little in the way of atmosphere as it really was a crowd of mainly the families of the players. Then again, most D3 Wisconsin baseball is that way, so you really have to go with the flow on these. Even then, there wasn't much. I'll give it.. let's go 1 out of 5 (and tbh, I am being generous).
For the Sky Carp, Minor League Baseball is kind of just there. It has typically been the case unless the Brewers have them as an affiliate (The Brewers are now operating the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in Appleton) so Beloit makes as much effort to get fans through the turnstiles as possible. While this day wasn't a giveaway day, the crowd is into the game as they can. Typically a lot of Minor League games bring families who are looking for a day out. This does add to the atmosphere and Beloit feels better now at their stadium than the old one of Pohlman Field. Let's go.. 3 out of 5.
Amenities:
For Beloit College, this all takes place at the football stadium. When I review that it will be the same rating so for this, if you needed to buy food/drink or use the bathroom, you'd be going to the football stadium to do that. It is not a long walk at all (They are literally right next door) and you might get to see other sports so we'll give it 4 out of 5.
For the Sky Carp, a very clean stadium. The staff do very well to keep the stadium clean, keep any unruly fans away from being more unruly, and the whole concourse is well kept. So with that, a big rating here, 5 out of 5.
Review:
For a day out, you can go with either ballpark. Just know that the Buccaneers will be a much different experience of course. Adding up all the scores, Beloit College gets a 13.5 and the Sky Carp get 15.5.
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