Lehigh Valley IronPigs [SEP] league
Lehigh Valley IronPigs
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are a professional Minor League Baseball team that plays in the International League. The IronPigs are the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The team plays their home games at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Coca-Cola Park, which opened for the start of the IronPigs' first season in 2008, seats up to 8,100, with a capacity of 10,000, and cost $50.25 million to complete. In 2016, "Forbes" listed the IronPigs as the
fourth-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $43 million.
The IronPigs name is a reference to pig iron, used in the manufacturing of steel, for which the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania is world-renowned.
History.
History Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs were founded in 1993 as the Ottawa Lynx, who played at Ottawa Baseball Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario from 1993–2007 before moving to Allentown. As the Lynx, the team was affiliated with the Montreal Expos from 1993–2002