Southwest University Park

Southwest University Park anchors downtown El Paso, with one of the most-cited views in professional sports — the Franklin Mountains framing the ballpark to the north, and the city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico spreading directly south across the Rio Grande visible over the right-field wall. The ballpark, completed in 2014, is widely cited as the single most important catalyst of downtown El Paso's revitalization through the 2010s — the El Paso Convention Center, the El Paso Plaza Theatre, and the El Paso Museum of Art sit within walking distance. The Plaza Hotel by Hilton (the renovated historic Hilton hotel) sits across from the ballpark. UTEP (University of Texas at El Paso) and the Sun Bowl sit on the west side of downtown. The Borderplex region — El Paso plus Ciudad Juárez plus Las Cruces, NM — forms one of the largest international metropolitan areas in North America. The neighborhood reads as the canonical downtown-redevelopment ballpark with one of the most distinctive geographic settings in MiLB (mountains to the north, an international border to the south).

Plan to arrive 45-60 minutes before first pitch (or kickoff) — downtown El Paso parking flow is straightforward but the closest garages fill steadily on weekend dates. Southwest University Park opened in April 2014 as the new downtown home of the El Paso Chihuahuas — the relocated former Tucson Padres franchise. The Chihuahuas have been the Triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate of the San Diego Padres since the team launched in 2014 — the relationship has been continuous and is one of the most stable affiliate pipelines in Triple-A. The ballpark is also home to El Paso Locomotive FC, a USL Championship men's professional soccer club founded in 2019. The Chihuahuas branding (the small Mexican-heritage dog breed, in colorful retro-southwest palettes) was a fan-voted naming-contest result and is consistently among the top MiLB merchandise sellers. The mountain-and-international-border setting is widely cited as one of the most distinctive in professional baseball. Fernando Tatis Jr., MacKenzie Gore, Jake Cronenworth, and Luis Campusano are among the Padres major-leaguers who passed through El Paso. Mobile-only tickets are the norm. Bag policy and gate-open times shift season to season; confirm on each club's site before going.

Southwest University Park opened in April 2014 in downtown El Paso, Texas as the new home of the El Paso Chihuahuas — the relocated former Tucson Padres franchise. The Chihuahuas have been the Triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate of the San Diego Padres since the team launched — the relationship has been continuous and is one of the most stable affiliate pipelines in Triple-A. The ballpark is also home to El Paso Locomotive FC, a USL Championship men's professional soccer club founded in 2019. Capacity sits around 9,500. The ballpark is widely cited as the single most important catalyst of downtown El Paso's revitalization through the 2010s. The mountain-and-international-border setting — the Franklin Mountains to the north and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico directly across the Rio Grande to the south, visible from the ballpark — is one of the most distinctive geographic settings in professional baseball. The Chihuahuas branding (the small Mexican-heritage dog breed) was a fan-voted naming-contest result and is consistently among the top MiLB merchandise sellers.