CarMax Park

CarMax Park sits on the site of the former Diamond — the longtime aging Richmond ballpark on Arthur Ashe Boulevard — at the north edge of the rapidly redeveloping Scott's Addition neighborhood. Scott's Addition over the past decade has transformed from light industrial to Richmond's most walkable brewery / cidery / distillery district, with The Veil Brewing, Ardent Craft Ales, Buskey Cider, and a dense cluster of restaurants directly south of the ballpark. The Science Museum of Virginia (in the former Broad Street Station, a Beaux-Arts landmark) sits directly south on Broad Street. The Boulevard Museum District — Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Historical Society — sits a short ride south. Downtown Richmond's Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip restaurant districts sit roughly 10 minutes east. The neighborhood reads as the most rapidly improving Richmond district of the past decade, with CarMax Park's debut as the catalyst event for the next redevelopment wave.

Plan to arrive about 45-60 minutes before first pitch — Scott's Addition is a destination on its own, and many Squirrels fans build a brewery-and-ballpark night around the game. CarMax Park is the brand-new home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, replacing The Diamond — the long-aging 1985 ballpark on the same site that the Squirrels had used since the franchise relocated from Connecticut in 2010. The Diamond had been on borrowed time for nearly two decades; CarMax Park is the long-awaited replacement and a centerpiece of the Diamond District master-plan redevelopment. The Flying Squirrels are the San Francisco Giants' Double-A Eastern League affiliate — the affiliation moved from Northwest Arkansas to Richmond in 2010 and the Giants relationship continues here. Naming rights are with CarMax, the Goochland-County-headquartered Fortune 500 used-car retailer that is one of Richmond's most prominent corporate names. Mobile-only tickets are the norm. Bag policy and gate-open times shift season to season; confirm on the Squirrels' site before going.

CarMax Park is the new home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels on the site of the former Diamond at the north edge of Scott's Addition. The Diamond had been the Flying Squirrels' home since the franchise relocated from Connecticut in 2010 and was widely cited as one of the most overdue MiLB replacements in the country — a 1985 minor-league concrete ballpark that no longer met current Triple-A / Double-A facility standards. CarMax Park is the centerpiece of the Diamond District redevelopment, a large mixed-use neighborhood plan around the ballpark site. Naming rights are with CarMax, the Goochland-County-headquartered used-car retailer. The Flying Squirrels are the San Francisco Giants' Double-A Eastern League affiliate, an affiliation that has run continuously since the franchise's 2010 arrival in Richmond. The franchise itself traces to the Norwich Navigators / Connecticut Defenders before relocating to Richmond. Capacity at CarMax Park sits around 10,000. Verify the current opening status and operational details on the team site before planning travel — the transition from The Diamond is recent.