BrightView Landscapes Named Official Field Consultant for Major League Baseball
May 13 2019 - 4:10PM
Business Wire
BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BV) (“BrightView”), the
nation’s leading commercial landscaping services company, today
announced that its Sports Turf Division has been named Major League
Baseball’s Official Field Consultant.
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BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman
Field in Williamsport, Pa., home of MLB's Little League Classic
presented by GEICO. BrightView Landscapes, Official Field
Consultant to Major League Baseball, renovated the field, bringing
it to MLB standards. (Photo: Business Wire)
BrightView Sports Turf has consulted with Major League Baseball
(MLB) for many years, most notably on field design and construction
for games outside the league’s 30 existing ballparks. Among these
projects were MLB’s Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa., the
2016 Cuba Game, a two-game series in Puerto Rico’s Hiram Bithorn
Stadium, a 2017 game honoring America’s Armed Forces at Ft. Bragg,
N.C., and MLB’s 2019 Mexico Series in Monterrey. BrightView’s
Sports Turf team is currently planning field operations for MLB’s
first series in London, scheduled for June 2019, at Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park.
“Our role as field consultant to Major League Baseball covers
various functions for the many initiatives the Commissioner’s
office manages both domestically and internationally,” said Murray
Cook, President of BrightView Sports Turf. “The core of our
involvement is renovating and managing fields for international
events, which can also include designing and coordinating
construction projects.”
In addition to overseeing various MLB field development
initiatives, BrightView also performs numerous site and ballpark
reviews. The team works closely with MLB’s international department
to evaluate potential sites proposed by federations seeking to host
games, often featuring future MLB stars. Over the years these site
reviews have included the Olympic Games and Olympic qualifying
tournaments.
Jim Small, MLB Senior Vice President, International said,
“Through our relationship with BrightView and Murray Cook, Major
League Baseball has expanded our efforts to play games in different
parts of the world on big league caliber baseball fields. That
relationship will continue this summer when we work with Murray and
his team on bringing MLB games to London for the first time
ever.”
“Major League Baseball has exacting standards for field design,
construction and maintenance,” Cook said. “These requirements offer
a top quality competitive product to baseball fans, while providing
a safe, consistent and high performance playing surface for its
athletes.”
About BrightView
BrightView is the largest provider of commercial landscaping
services in the United States. Through its team of approximately
20,000 employees, BrightView provides services ranging from
landscape maintenance and enhancements to tree care and landscape
development for thousands of customers’ properties, including
corporate and commercial properties, HOAs, public parks, hotels and
resorts, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, educational
institutions, restaurants and retail, and golf courses, among
others. BrightView is the Official Field Consultant to Major League
Baseball.
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