HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, as we know it is no more.
Well, at least the name.
The Astros announced Monday that the ballpark, also nicknamed the Juice Box, will be renamed Daikin Park in 2025, as part of a 15-year, exclusive naming-rights partnership that runs through the 2039 season.
Under the agreement, the new name will go into effect on Jan.1.
The first game at Daikin Park will be played on Monday, March 24, 2025 when the Astros host Triple-A affiliate Sugar Land in an exhibition game.
The Astros’ 2025 regular season will open at the park a few days after that on March 27 at 3:10 p.m. against the New York Mets.
The stadium opened as Enron Field in 2000 as part of a 30-year, $100 million agreement but the name was removed in March 2002 following Enron Corp.’s bankruptcy filing and the ballpark briefly became Astros Field.
It was …