Hillsboro Hops to begin playing at new $153 million stadium next month

The Hillsboro Hops will break in their brand new $153 million stadium April 7, the team’s first home game of the 2026 season.

The Hops, along with the city of Hillsboro, began construction on the new stadium in 2024 after Major League Baseball determined the team’s former stadium, then known as Ron Tonkin Field, did not meet league standards. The determination almost forced the Hops to relocate, but the organization managed to secure $41 million in public funds and another $112 million in private financing to build a new stadium.

The stadium will also serve as a mid-sized concert venue for up to 7,000 spectators. The team plans to announce an upcoming concert lineup in the next few weeks.

The Hops, a minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, have played in Hillsboro since 2013. The city of Hillsboro issued bonds to finance a new $15 million stadium specifically for the baseball team, which moved that year from Yakima. Thirteen years later, the team has another new stadium, this one with almost twice the capacity.

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The new ballpark is also owned by the city but leased by the Hops, which will operate the facility and coordinate other events at the stadium, according to Hillsboro Sports Facilities Manager Durelle Singleton.

The new stadium saved the Hops from leaving Washington County. Other franchises in the state haven’t been as lucky. The Eugene Emeralds are expected to leave town after the 2027 season following a ballpark dispute. Major League Baseball axed Oregon’s other minor league team, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, from its farm system in 2021.

In Hillsboro, however, the Hops plan to keep minor league baseball around for the long haul. With the brand new stadium and a 40-year lease, the Hops won’t be going anywhere any time soon, said Hops President and General Manager K.L Wombacher.

Wombacher noted the new stadium — which he called “a huge investment for a minor league team: — shows just how much the team feels at home in Hillsboro.

“We love this community, all of us live here, we’re raising families here. It’s a great region, the Portland Metro, Hillsboro specifically, we believe in the future of what this area is going to look like for the next 10, 20, 30 years,” he said. “We want to be the heartbeat of the region where this is where people come for big events.”

What’s happening with the old stadium?

The Hops’ former home, now known as Hillsboro Ballpark, will now host Oregon’s new professional softball team, the Portland Cascade. The Cascade will begin playing at the ballpark in June. Portland State University’s softball team also plays its home games at the Hops’ former home.

Singleton said the field will also be used for high school baseball games, which means the city is still considering its options for making the field suitable for both baseball and softball, which is played on a smaller field.

“We’re examining what the best approach for a multi-use facility but at the same time want to make sure the stadium feels like a home field for the Cascade,” Singleton said.

Youth fields

The new Hops ballpark was built on top of three of the nine youth fields that surrounded the old stadium at the Gordon Faber Complex, which sits along U.S. 26. The city and Washington County are now planning to replace those fields with a new sports complex at the nearby county fairgrounds.

While plans for the new fields are still in the works, Singleton said the new complex will include four new multi-use fields for softball, baseball and soccer. He added the new fields will be all turf and usable year-round. The current fields at the fairgrounds are on the far “low-end” condition-wise, he said, with muddy grass making them unusable for a large portion of the year.

The city plans to pay for the new fields at the fairgrounds with $20 million from its lease agreement with the Hops for the new stadium.

Construction for the new fields is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2027.