Overview
- The Tower Buzzers, who played their first home game Thursday, drew a sellout at ONT Field but lost to the Lake Elsinore Storm.
- ONT Field seats about 6,000 and cost $100 million, and the new club leans into aviation from a Top Gun–inspired name to a design tied to Ontario International Airport.
- Stadium touches include a Fernando Valenzuela mural, a vintage warplane that lights up with a runway on home runs, a private club, suites, an outdoor food hall, and a kids’ splash pad.
- The franchise arrived through a three-team California League swap that shifted the Dodgers’ Single-A rights from the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to Ontario, with the Quakes name continuing under the Angels in Rancho Cucamonga.
- Tickets were promoted as budget-friendly, with reports citing prices from $6 lawn spots to about $40 seats, which helped draw families looking for an easy night out.