Texas Rangers Unveil New Wiffle Ball Park at Globe Life Field: Oatly P

Published on July 08, 2022

By Texas Rangers Communications

The Texas Rangers today announced the opening of Oatly Park, a kid-friendly wiffle ball park located inside Globe Life Field. As part of the team’s 50th-anniversary initiatives, the new permanent installation draws inspiration from the Vandergriff Plaza wiffle ball experience that operated at The Ballpark in Arlington from 1995 – 2011.

The Texas Rangers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening Oatly Park during a media event at Globe Life Field. Rangers Youth Academy athletes were among the first to take swings in the new park and were joined by Texas Rangers players Josh Smith and Joe Barlow, as well as long-time public address announcer and EVP of ballpark, entertainment, promotion and production, Chuck Morgan.

Children 12 years old and younger who attend a Rangers game at Globe Life Field will be able to take five swings free of charge at Oatly Park, which will be open 30 minutes prior to the game’s scheduled first pitch until the last out.

“Not a game day goes by without a Rangers fan letting me know that some of their best memories at The Ballpark in Arlington were hitting wiffle ball home runs at a Rangers game — it could be one of the best ideas I have ever had,” said Morgan.

“Wiffle ball was such a big part of my life growing up, so it really makes me feel good that in the 50th anniversary season, a Texas Rangers tradition of putting home run smiles on kids’ faces is coming to Globe Life Field with the new Oatly Park.”

Located in the upper-level center-field concourse above the Grand Slam Team Store, the fenced-in Oatly Park measures 59 feet to center field, 51 feet down the right-field line, and 49 feet down the left-field line.

Oatly Park will be open for play beginning tomorrow, July 8, as the team returns to Arlington for a 10-game homestand with the Twins, Athletics, and Mariners, and will be operational at all future games.

For more information on Oatly Park, visit texasrangers.com/oatlypark.