Keesler Federal Park nominated as a USA Today Readers’ Choice 10Best Minor League Ballpark

USA TODAY announced today that the home ballpark of the Biloxi Shuckers, Keesler Federal Park, has been selected as a nominee for the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Award for Best Minor League Ballpark. Voting begins on Monday, February 17th at 11 AM and ends on Monday, March 17th at 10:59 AM

The top 10 winners, as ranked by USA TODAY 10Best readers, will be announced on Wednesday, March 26th at 11 AM. Fans can vote daily by clicking HERE.

“We’re honored to be nominated for this award,” Shuckers General Manager Hunter Reed said. “Keesler Federal Park is such a special and unique environment in Minor League Baseball, with our recent renovations elevating that ahead of the 2025 season. There’s truly no place quite like Keesler Federal Park.”

Keesler Federal Park was constructed in 2015, marking the return of Minor League Baseball to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the first time since 1928. The ballpark is the fourth to host professional baseball games in Biloxi.

The first was Point Comfort Park, although it was used for just part of the 1908 season by the Gulfport-Biloxi Sand Crabs of the Cotton State League. Biloxi Stadium, which opened in 1928, was the spring training home of the Washington Senators from 1930-1935 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1938.

In 2003, two games were played at Hollis Field, a high school facility, between the Pensacola Pelicans and Baton Rouge River Bats of the independent Southeastern League. None of the three ballparks that hosted professional baseball in the past in Biloxi still stand.