New Orleans Zephyr Baseball

Join the New Orleans Zephyrs for their home games at the team's fabulous field on Airline Drive and experience great family fun. This is Triple-A baseball at its best!

Spend an evening watching the boys of summer slug it out with 10,000 other screaming fans. Sit back in your comfortable chair and munch on a chili dog, pizza or onion mum and sip a cool local beer.

Throughout each season, look for fun promotional nights…from amusing give aways to $1 beers. Make sure to attend the Thursday night concerts, a local favorite.

Regularly scheduled games are held during the traditional summer baseball season through the beginning of September.

In its ten years, Zephyr Stadium (affectionately called the "Shrine on Airline" by locals) has become a focal point for family entertainment in the Greater New Orleans area.

Advance tickets are available by calling (504) 734-5155 or by visiting: www.ticketmaster.com.

For more information, visit: www.zephyrsbaseball.com.

Baseball in New Orleans

In July of 1859, 75 young New Orleanians came together to form the seven teams that made up the Louisiana Base Ball Club. They played their games in the fields of the de la Chaise estate on the outskirts of New Orleans. As the population of the city and country grew, so did the popularity of the sport. Baseball quickly replaced cricket as the city’s most popular sport.

From that beginning, a minor league franchise was secured in 1887 in the newly formed Southern League, and this city’s 73-year love affair with the New Orleans Pelicans endured. From those early beginnings to the present-day New Orleans Zephyrs of the AAA Pacific Coast League, local fans continue the great tradition of baseball in New Orleans.

To learn more about the rich history of New Orleans Baseball, read Baseball in New Orleans by New Orleans baseball historian, S. Derby Gisclair available online from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powells, and Octavia Books.

Gisclair is a lifelong resident of New Orleans, a member of the Society of American Baseball Research and its Oral and Pictoral History Committees. He is a sustaining member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. For more information about New Orleans Baseball and his book, visit: www.neworleansbaseball.com.