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Coca-Cola Park no more: IronPigs looking for new stadium name

February 3, 2026 at 3:31 pm

Coca-Cola Park no more: IronPigs looking for new stadium name

The name has been on the stadium in the city’s East Side since it opened in 2008.

People walk through the illuminated holiday themed displays Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, during a media preview night of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Illumination Walk-Through Holiday Lights display at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown. The event opens to the public Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, and features a carousel, hayrides with Mrs. Claus, curling lanes, lighting display, and food and drink options. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Debra Fisher of the first block of Schoolhouse Road in Upper Bern Township can look out her window and see the warehouse that ICE bought. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)

ICE purchase of Berks warehouse sparks concern among neighbors

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his 2026-27 budget proposal to a joint session of the state Legislature on Feb. 3, 2026, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. (DAN GLEITER/pennlive.com/TNS)

Shapiro calls for more investment in Pa.’s poorest schools, public transit agencies as part of $53.2B budget pitch

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Eli Lilly Chair and CEO Dave Ricks, and Jaindl Land Development President David Jaindl appear after a news conference to announce a $3.5 billion pharmaceutical plant in Upper Macungie Township, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown. Construction is expected to begin this year, creating about 2,000 construction jobs.(Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

How the Lehigh Valley beat hundreds of competitors to land Eli Lilly’s $3.5 billion pharmaceutical plant

B. Braun of America CEO Rob Albert speaks as Gov. Josh Shapiro, state Community & Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger and B. Braun of America CEO Rob Albert announce a major expansion of B. Braun’s footprint in Pennsylvania on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Allentown. B. Braun plans to invest $20 million and add 200 workers at Lehigh Valley plant. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

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The former co-owner of Chocolates on Broadway in Bangor has died. (Betty E. Cauler/Morning Call file photo)

Community remembers former Lehigh Valley chocolate store co-owner. ‘She was the best’

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Sports

Emmaus reacts to winning against Bethlehem Catholic on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, during the EPC girls championship basketball game at PPL Center in Allentown. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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Things to Do

Boy George & Culture Club, seen here at Ascend Amphitheater on July 20, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee, perform Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, at Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem. (Jason Kempin / Getty Images)

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Opinion

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Crime and Public Safety

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Pennsylvania News

Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis are seated behind Gov. Josh Shapiro as he delivers his third budget address to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the State Capitol on Feb. 4, 2025, in Harrisburg. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

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National News

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Allentown

Groundhog Lodge Number 16 on the Jordan (Grundsau Lodsch Nummer Sechzeh am Yahden) holds its annual Groundhog Day festivities Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at Wehr’s Dam in South Whitehall Township. Members waited for the groundhog, Yahdee, to arrive by coming down the Jordan Creek. Following Yahdee’s arrival, they sang Pennsylvania Dutch songs, then anxiously awaited for Yahdee’s forecast on the coming of spring.(Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

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