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Penn Medicine Park
Penn Medicine Park (formerly known as "Clipper Magazine Stadium") is a baseball park located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood. It is the home of the Lancaster Stormers, the city's Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) franchise. It hosted its first regular-season baseball game on May 11, 2005, with the Stormers losing to the Atlantic City Surf, 4–3. The ballpark also serves as the corporate headquarters for the Atlantic League and seats 8,000 people.
The ballpark features an artificial turf playing field. Its many food stands serve Pennsylvania Dutch and Philadelphia cuisine such as whoopie pies, cheesesteaks, hoagies, Tastykakes, soft pretzels from local bakeries and the Philly Pretzel Factory, barbecue from the four-time state champion Hess's BBQ, hot dogs from Kunzler & Company, beer from the Lancaster Brewing Company and Yuengling, ice cream and tea from Turkey Hill, salty treats from Utz and Snyder's of Hanover, and confections from nearby Hershey's. Penn Medicine Park lies in the Northwest Corridor of Lancaster city, which includes Franklin & Marshall College and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. In October 2008, the venue hosted vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin during the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
About 104,000 fans on BallparkDigest.com, a website by August Publications, ranked Penn Medicine Park the "2020 Best of the Ballparks" out of all independent U.S. and Canadian baseball parks by a margin of 86 to 14 percent over the next runner-up, U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana. Penn Medicine Park also won the 2021 "Best of the Ballparks MLB Partner Leagues" over runner-up, Franklin Field in suburban Milwaukee. The Atlantic League awarded Penn Medicine Park the "Ballpark of the Year" following the end of its 2013 regular season, commemorating the Stormers staff for their excellence in groundskeeping and operations.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (i.e., "Penn Medicine"), a Philadelphia-based healthcare company with three local affiliates—Lancaster General Hospital, the Women & Babies Hospital, and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital—purchased the naming rights for an undisclosed sum over ten years in 2025.
Forty-four years before the opening of Penn Medicine Park and the Lancaster Stormers' inaugural season, the Lancaster Red Roses entertained baseball enthusiasts for 20 years at Stumpf Field. Efforts for a new stadium and a new team began in 1987, and what was a long sixteen-year battle finally paid off with an announcement in 2003. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agreed to fund roughly half of the cost with Opening Day Partners, and the city of Lancaster covered the remainder. The original plan in 2001 called for a proposed, $20-million ballpark to be constructed on the Diseley Farm site, across from Long's Park in Manheim Township. However, officials canceled those plans due to residential concerns about traffic and political concerns about the use of eminent domain and rezoning. After terminating this plan, most Lancaster County politicians supported building a downtown ballpark to promote urban renewal. The Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority selected an industrial site at the corner of North Prince and Frederick streets, where a company called Ace Rents operated. Initially, Ace Rents stalled the process, but quickly agreed as they did not want to cause a delay. Officials held the groundbreaking ceremony on April 28, 2004, and completed Penn Medicine Park shortly before it opened on May 11, 2005.
With its brick façade and steel beams, the architecture of Penn Medicine Park alludes to its industrial surroundings. Located in the Northwest Corridor, the ballpark faces many downtown factories and spans a former rail yard. Coincidentally, this section of Lancaster city (between North Mary and North Charlotte Streets, south of the Harrisburg Pike) was historically known as the "base ball ground" circa 1886.
On July 12, 2007, the Lancaster Stormers hosted the Atlantic League's tenth-anniversary All-Star Game at Penn Medicine Park. A crowd of 7,361 watched as the opposing North Division team won, 8-6. Lancaster players Jeremy Todd and Dominick Ambrosini both hit home runs, but it was not enough to put their South Division team ahead.
On July 13, 2016, the Stormers hosted their second Atlantic League All-Star Game, joining their Freedom Division teammates to win by a score of 3-1.
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Penn Medicine Park
Penn Medicine Park (formerly known as "Clipper Magazine Stadium") is a baseball park located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood. It is the home of the Lancaster Stormers, the city's Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) franchise. It hosted its first regular-season baseball game on May 11, 2005, with the Stormers losing to the Atlantic City Surf, 4–3. The ballpark also serves as the corporate headquarters for the Atlantic League and seats 8,000 people.
The ballpark features an artificial turf playing field. Its many food stands serve Pennsylvania Dutch and Philadelphia cuisine such as whoopie pies, cheesesteaks, hoagies, Tastykakes, soft pretzels from local bakeries and the Philly Pretzel Factory, barbecue from the four-time state champion Hess's BBQ, hot dogs from Kunzler & Company, beer from the Lancaster Brewing Company and Yuengling, ice cream and tea from Turkey Hill, salty treats from Utz and Snyder's of Hanover, and confections from nearby Hershey's. Penn Medicine Park lies in the Northwest Corridor of Lancaster city, which includes Franklin & Marshall College and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. In October 2008, the venue hosted vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin during the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
About 104,000 fans on BallparkDigest.com, a website by August Publications, ranked Penn Medicine Park the "2020 Best of the Ballparks" out of all independent U.S. and Canadian baseball parks by a margin of 86 to 14 percent over the next runner-up, U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana. Penn Medicine Park also won the 2021 "Best of the Ballparks MLB Partner Leagues" over runner-up, Franklin Field in suburban Milwaukee. The Atlantic League awarded Penn Medicine Park the "Ballpark of the Year" following the end of its 2013 regular season, commemorating the Stormers staff for their excellence in groundskeeping and operations.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (i.e., "Penn Medicine"), a Philadelphia-based healthcare company with three local affiliates—Lancaster General Hospital, the Women & Babies Hospital, and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital—purchased the naming rights for an undisclosed sum over ten years in 2025.
Forty-four years before the opening of Penn Medicine Park and the Lancaster Stormers' inaugural season, the Lancaster Red Roses entertained baseball enthusiasts for 20 years at Stumpf Field. Efforts for a new stadium and a new team began in 1987, and what was a long sixteen-year battle finally paid off with an announcement in 2003. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agreed to fund roughly half of the cost with Opening Day Partners, and the city of Lancaster covered the remainder. The original plan in 2001 called for a proposed, $20-million ballpark to be constructed on the Diseley Farm site, across from Long's Park in Manheim Township. However, officials canceled those plans due to residential concerns about traffic and political concerns about the use of eminent domain and rezoning. After terminating this plan, most Lancaster County politicians supported building a downtown ballpark to promote urban renewal. The Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority selected an industrial site at the corner of North Prince and Frederick streets, where a company called Ace Rents operated. Initially, Ace Rents stalled the process, but quickly agreed as they did not want to cause a delay. Officials held the groundbreaking ceremony on April 28, 2004, and completed Penn Medicine Park shortly before it opened on May 11, 2005.
With its brick façade and steel beams, the architecture of Penn Medicine Park alludes to its industrial surroundings. Located in the Northwest Corridor, the ballpark faces many downtown factories and spans a former rail yard. Coincidentally, this section of Lancaster city (between North Mary and North Charlotte Streets, south of the Harrisburg Pike) was historically known as the "base ball ground" circa 1886.
On July 12, 2007, the Lancaster Stormers hosted the Atlantic League's tenth-anniversary All-Star Game at Penn Medicine Park. A crowd of 7,361 watched as the opposing North Division team won, 8-6. Lancaster players Jeremy Todd and Dominick Ambrosini both hit home runs, but it was not enough to put their South Division team ahead.
On July 13, 2016, the Stormers hosted their second Atlantic League All-Star Game, joining their Freedom Division teammates to win by a score of 3-1.
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