One of my 25 in 2025 items was to see a new baseball park. When we had to cancel spring training, I didn't think it was going to happen as we planned on going to Iowa and Omaha which we've been to before. Then we had to pivot at the last minute and ended up going to Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky which gave us a couple new stadiums
Four Winds Park is the home of the South Bend Cubs, in downtown South Bend, IN. The South Bend Cubs are the High-A Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs and play in the Midwest League. This is our 11th Midwest League Park (8th active). Only 4 more to go.
There is plenty of parking around the stadium. It was a short walk from the parking lot to the gates. We opted to walk to the main entrance and not the outfield entrance. We just followed the paw prints.
One ticket scanned just fine but my other ticket would not scan. The guy was all apologetic when he sent me to the ticket window for a paper ticket. Didn't he know paper tickets are like the ultimate keepsake since all tickets are pretty much digital now. I had no issues going to get a paper ticket.
First order of business (okay second after getting a pressed penny) was to get my stamp. The team store was out in the outfield in an old Jewish Synagogue.
We then found our seats which were in the front row. The cubs were playing Fort Wayne Tin Caps. It wasn't a bad game. Our seats were great.
I found it surprisingly they had the bullpens on the field. There wasn't much foul territory.
Like most minor league parks, you could walk around the whole park. I loved the little pieces of history scattered around the outfield.
Four Winds Field surprised me since it is a Cubs park. Despite being home to a Cubs team, we would definitely go back even if the fans were definitely Cubs fans.
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