The Beach Bums franchise has built a brand-new stadium near Chums Corner south of Traverse City. The team's season stretches from May through September, and the team plays a grueling schedule of six to seven games per week, about half of them at their brand new $8 million ballpark, Wuerfel Field.

The ballpark features 3,518 permanent chair-back seats, 27 luxury suites, a corporate deck, a private table deck and an eight-foot pedestrian walkway that allows fans to walk around the recessed playing field. And because the field is below ground level, the park doesn’t reveal its true nature until one is actually inside, looking down past its rows of seats to the emerald green of the infield.
Chair-back seats will cost $10 per game, while general admission (lawn seats) sell for $6 ($3 for senior citizens and children five and under). Tickets can be ordered on the team’s web site at www.traversecitybeachbums.com.