The Chattanooga Lookouts continue to be in midseason form at the turnstiles despite coronavirus-related limitations, and next week has the biggest lineup of the season to date.
Chattanooga hosts the Birmingham Barons in a six-game series that starts Tuesday night, with Friday designated “Superhero Night” and including postgame fireworks. The following game will be “Joey Votto Bobblehead Night” and continue the team’s promotion of giving away a used car at every Saturday home game this season.
AT&T Field will remain at 70% capacity – roughly 4,500 spectators – next week, with the Lookouts having sold out 16 of their first 18 home games at 40% capacity and four of 10 under their current restriction guideline.
“It’s been amazing,” Lookouts president Rich Mozingo said. “As the summer goes on, it gets a little tougher and tougher to draw here, but it’s been fantastic.”
It’s been quiet, however, on the efforts of Lookouts co-owners Jason Freier and John Woods to land a new Lookouts ballpark at the 141-acre former U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site. Knoxville is moving forward with a new downtown home for the Tennessee Smokies, with Gov. Bill Lee including $13.5 million in the state’s 2021-22 administrative budget for the proposed $65 million stadium that would anchor, according to Smokies owner Randy Boyd, $142 million in new investments.