Plainsman Park receives seating upgrade ahead of the Auburn baseball Super Regional
Plainsman Park receives seating upgrade ahead of the Auburn baseball Super Regional Auburn baseball is taking major steps in ensuring that this will be a historical weekend at Plainsman Park.
"If you build it, (they) will come."
The famous line (kind of) from the 1989 film Field of Dreams was played out during the Auburn Regional, as newly-renovated Plainsman Park experienced two broken attendance records during the Auburn Tigers' successful weekend. This weekend, Auburn baseball is maximizing its efforts to fit as many people into its home ball park as the Tigers prepare to host the first super regional in program history.
Auburn Deputy Athletic Director Rhett Hobart shared a photo on X (Twitter) on Thursday from atop the Josh Donaldson hitting lab beyond the right field wall at Plainsman Park that included construction of seats that will be utilized during this weekend's Super Regional. Hobart says that the seating will be another "general admission" section of Plainsman Park, joining the Tiger Terrace, Plainsman Patio, and War Eagle Wall.
Hobart hinted at the possible addition of seats following the Tigers' regional sweep of Central Connecticut, Stetson, and NC State in a tweet, to which Auburn outfielder Ike Irish responded "It would be cool to have seats up there." Hobart made sure to tag Irish in the updated tweet submitted on Thursday.
Plainsman Park added over 3,000 seats ahead of the 2025 season, and every enhancement has been utilized to its full potential. A stadium record 7,434 people paid to watch Auburn defeat Stetson, 8-5, on Saturday night, and the addition of general admission seating could see crowds of over 8,000 people watch Auburn face Coastal Carolina in the Auburn Super Regional, which will create one of the most electric atmospheres of this weekend's action.
Auburn begins its three-game, winner-take-all series with Coastal Carolina this Friday at 8 p.m. CT. The winner of this weekend's series secure's a spot in the College World Series.
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