Team logo Cap insignia League titles (0) None Ballpark Jim Perry Stadium (2017–) | Division Southern Division Manager Ramón Vázquez | |
Current Class A-Advanced (from 2017) League Carolina League (from 2017) Current Houston Astros (from 2017) | ||
Campbell athletics buies creek astros announcement
The Buies Creek Astros are a Minor League Baseball team that will begin play as a member of the Carolina League in Buies Creek, North Carolina, in 2017. They will play their home games at Jim Perry Stadium on the campus of Campbell University until a new stadium in nearby Fayetteville is built for the 2019 season. The team will be the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, who also own the team.
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Team history
The Astros began to scout locations for a baseball stadium to locate a team in Fayetteville in April 2016. In August 2016, a two-team expansion to the Carolina League was approved, with the first franchise assigned to Kinston, North Carolina.
The Fayetteville City Council approved plans to build a new stadium. The stadium will be built by the 2019 season, while the team will need to find a temporary location to play the 2017 and 2018 seasons. On November 17, it was announced the team would play at Jim Perry Stadium on the campus of Campbell University in Buies Creek and be known as the Buies Creek Astros for their first two seasons. The Astros signed a 30-year lease agreement with the city of Fayetteville in December 2016.
The Astros replaced the Seattle Mariners affiliate Bakersfield Blaze at the Advanced-A level, but are not the continuation of the Blaze. The Blaze folded along with the High Desert Mavericks after the 2016 season, contracting the California League and expanding the Carolina League. The Mavericks were replaced by the Kinston, North Carolina-based Down East Wood Ducks.