The Ferris wheel and zipline will be gone, but new additions include a laser tag area and mechanical bull, Colbaugh said. The FanFest, which was added in 2017, is being taken over by a new company, On-Site Productions, this year. One of the best enhancements was the FanFest experience at the Finley Center next to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, he said. The city has done a great job of coming up with ways to enhance the tournament experience for players and fans alike, Vincent said. “The city of Hoover has embraced the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament as its own, and that ownership is important,” he said. Players and teams don’t talk about going back to the SEC Baseball Tournament they talk about going back to Hoover, he said. Sometimes the conference has had trouble finding a home for some of its post-season championship events, and Hoover is really the first and most successful example of bringing people back to the same venue repeatedly, Vincent said. Hoover, which has hosted the tournament every year since 1996 except 1997, has truly become a “home” for the SEC Baseball Tournament, Vincent said. Herb Vincent, the SEC’s associate commissioner for communications, joined Hoover Parks and Recreation Director Erin Colbaugh and Shannon Ealy, general manager of the Hoover Metropolitan Complex, at a chamber luncheon at the Hoover Met Stadium to talk about the tournament and the impact of sports on Hoover’s economy. Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference squeezed in at No. When the SEC Baseball Tournament rolls into town May 23-28, fans will get to see the top teams in the country play, an associate commissioner for the conference told the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday.Ĭurrent NCAA Division 1 rankings show five of the current top six teams in the country are from the SEC, including LSU at No. LSU takes on Arkansas in the 2017 SEC Baseball Tournament championship game at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama, on Sunday, May 28, 2017.
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