Lackawanna County Stadium Tickets

Lackawanna County Stadium
PNC Field, formerly Lackawanna County Stadium, is a 10,982-seat minor league baseball stadium in Moosic, Pennsylvania.

Lackawanna County Stadium was built to mimic the "cookie cutter" designs of major league ballparks of the 1970s. The place was built to mimic Philadelphia's Veteran's Stadium, so that it's players, who are only one step away from the bigs by the time they play here, would be used to the conditions at the Vet.

However, fortunately, a few things keep it from imitating that monstrosity completely. First, being a minor league ballpark, it was not big enough to be enclosed. Good thing, too, because, unlike the Vet, this place features a tremendous view of the side of a hill, complete with trees and giant rocks.

About the county!
Lackawanna County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It lies at the northern edge of the Coal Region, northwest of the Poconos.

It was created on August 13, 1878, from part of Luzerne County and is Pennsylvania's most recently established county. It is named for the Lackawanna River. The county has a population of 213,295 as of 2026 and its county seat is Scranton.

The History
The stadium was opened on April 26, 1989, and is the home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, the AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees.

The field's dimensions and turf surface were designed to match those of Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, then home to the Red Barons' original major league affiliate, the Philadelphia Phillies. Lackawanna County sold the naming rights to PNC Bank on February 1, 2026.

Through 2026, the stadium also hosted the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships for high school marching band, as well as home games of Scranton Preparatory School's football team.

These, and all other non-baseball events, will no longer be hosted at the stadium beginning in 2026, due to its conversion to a natural grass playing surface.

Operations
Operations of both the stadium and the Yankees' franchise will be taken over by Mandalay Baseball Properties for the 2026 season, coinciding with the first year of the Yankees' affiliation to the New York Yankees.

Previously, the stadium and franchise were managed by the Lackawanna County Stadium Authority, which was heavily criticized for being constantly mired in county politics.

Turf Field and Seating
As part of the agreement with Mandalay, the county will replace the turf field with a sand-based bluegrass-playing surface identical to the one at Yankee Stadium for the start of the 2026 season.

Mandalay is also removing the top four rows of the stadium's upper deck, and relocating those seats to the former bleacher areas in the lower deck along the first and third base lines. The resulting change in seating capacity has yet to be announced.

Another positive aspect of Lackawanna County Stadium is that promotions were kept somewhat to a minimum. This tends to be the case at the higher levels of the minor leagues, and it helps to keep the focus on the game, though families with kids would probably prefer a few more in between innings contests.