Warning track at Pullman Park’s field to get makeover
The makeover of Butler’s Pullman Park is extending to the field’s warning track.
During its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 23, city council approved a bid from Keystone Sports Construction in the amount of roughly $88,000 to excavate the field’s current warning track and install a brand new one.
Originally, the bid for the warning track was listed at $48,000 on the meeting agenda. However, according to city council member and parks director Daniel Herr, the expenses ballooned due to a discovery the company made while they were busy replacing the turf at the stadium.
“When they were performing the work, they realized that the people before them, I don’t know who it was, had laid turf down on top of that track, which deteriorated the track,” Herr said. “So there was going to be additional work to get that track to where it needed to be and that's why the increase.”
Keystone Sports Construction, a company based in Phoenixville, Pa., also won the bid to replace the turf field at Pullman Park for $162,216 in July. Other repairs are planned or are taking place at the stadium, including the replacement of over 400 seats.
“We’re replacing the seats. We're replacing the netting. There’s a hole in the roof that needs to be repaired,” said Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy. “We’re trying to get it back in full operational condition.”
Pullman Park lay mostly dormant during the summer of 2025, as the stadium’s main tenant, the Butler BlueSox of the North American Baseball Alliance, took the season off — although Dandoy said some local schools did play games there this year before renovations began in earnest.
The board that once managed both the stadium and the BlueSox was dissolved in June, with the park’s operations transferred to the Butler Area School District.
Herr said the city expects the stadium to reopen by spring 2026, but could not set an exact date.
“I don’t know the exact timetable for completion, but they do anticipate it being open for the spring when baseball starts up,” Herr said. “The mayor said last night that the park is booked nearly all summer long.”
