Miller Sports and Entertainment recently released renderings and other details for the new stadium for the Salt Lake Bees baseball team in the masterplanned
community of Daybreak in South Jordan. With a newly announced capacity of 8,000, the venue has been under construction since October.
DAYBREAK FIELD AT AMERICA FIRST SQUARE
Miller Sports and Entertainment, a division of the Larry H. Miller Co. and owner of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team, unveiled renderings and details about the team’s new stadium at Daybreak in southwest Salt Lake County. Ground was broken for the stadium last year.
Details of the new Daybreak Field at America First Square, released at a recent press event, revealed that the stadium will seat 6,500 in fixed seating and an additional 1,500 on a grass berm in the stadium’s outfield. That’s about 500 more than the team announced at the venue’s groundbreaking in October.
Construction continues on the stadium with plans to open for the 2025 baseball season.
The Bees currently play in the 15,400-seat Smith’s Ballpark near downtown Salt Lake City. That stadium is owned by Salt Lake City, which is still working on a new use for the venue.
Daybreak Field will differ from Smith’s Ballpark in that the stadium’s main entrance will be through a plaza outside of center field as opposed to behind home plate. Players will enter the stadium behind home plate. There will also be some field-level seats where some spectators are on the same level as the field surface.
The Miller group said the stadium will include a new Bees Team Store, “locally inspired food-from-scratch kitchens” and Grab-N-Go markets. It will also include the alcohol-free family zones that the owners announced October.
The stadium is located in “Downtown Daybreak” — part of a 4,100-acre community. The mixed-use entertainment district will also include a Larry H. Miller Megaplex entertainment center, restaurants and retail businesses. Miller announced in October that America First Credit Union won the naming rights to the plaza. Including baseball games, Miller estimates that the center will host over 200 events every year with the potential to bring more than 1.5 million visits to the area.
“It’s very exciting as the ballpark and plaza take shape into becoming a new community hub with baseball, shops, restaurants and entertainment in South Jordan,” said Michelle Smith, the company’s president, in a release.