Mirabito Stadium
Ballpark History After the Binghamton Triplets disbanded in 1968, their home park, Johnson Field in nearby Johnson City was demolished to make way for New York State Route 17. In 1991, when the New York Mets an-nounced they would move the Williamsport Bills, their Double-A affili-ate, from Pennsylvania to Binghamton, New York, the city put plans together to build the B-Mets a brand-new ballpark. Opened in April 1992, Binghamton Municipal Stadium immediately became a hot spot in the city. In its inaugural season, the ballpark welcomed 278,492 fans, the highest single-season attendance for any team to ever call Binghamton home. Fans have seen many memorable moments at the park, including the clinching game of all three East- ern League Championships (1992, 1994 & 2014). Joe Crawford tossed the second no-hitter in team his- tory and first at home on May 5, 1996, and Bob Keppel added a no-hitter to the franchise list when he baffled the Portland Sea Dogs on August 2, 2003. Renamed NYSEG Stadium in 2001, The ballpark underwent significant renovations for the 2017 season. A new batting tunnel was constructed beyond the right-field wall, a party deck was constructed down the first-base line, and a brand-new right-field entrance welcomed fans to the stadium. The home of the Rum-ble Ponies enjoyed more improvements for the 2019 season, including a state-of-the-art video- board, brand-new seats throughout the park, and a renovated home clubhouse. In 2021, the Rumble Ponies announced a groundbreaking new naming rights agreement with Mirabito. The stadium is now called Mirabito Stadium. Ballpark Layout Mirabito Stadium has a capacity of 6,012. A party deck on the first-base line and a terrace seating area along the third-base line were added for the 2017 season. There are 31 sections of seating, including 16 box seat sections and 15 reserved grandstand sections. The stadium also offers six luxury boxes which hold approximately 20 indivi- du-als each. The picnic area down the left field line can accommodate 600.
The Rumble Ponies clubhouse is locat-ed beneath the stands on the first base line. The visitors’ clubhouse is located beneath the stands on the third base line. A batting cage shared by both teams is located beyond the right-field fence and was constructed in 2017. The Rumble Ponies bullpen is located beyond the right-center field fence. The visitors’ bullpen is located down the left-field line. The building past the cen - ter-field wall is used to store maintenance equipment. The videoboard beyond the right-field fence was installed in 2019 to replace the aging videoboard previ-ously added to the park in 2007. The view from the press box at Mirabito Stadium blends the baseball tradition of the Southern Tier with the city’s industrial past sprinkled with the beauty of the surrounding area.
The city of Binghamton became a major manufacturing center in the 19th cen- tury thanks in large part to the development of the railroads. Because there was no navigable path via waterway from Binghamton to the Atlantic Coast, the rail- roads shipped most the goods produced in the Southern Tier. The city be-came a key producer of cigars, shoes and high-tech products. The rail yard beyond the left-field wall houses more than a dozen rails. The lengthy freight trains that roll through seven days a week have occasion-ally been stru ck by B-Mets and visitors with long home runs during the stadium’s 33-year history.
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