Professional baseball in Northwest Arkansas is arriving soon as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals will host the Frisco RoughRiders (Double-A Texas Rangers) on Tuesday, April 8th at 7:05 p.m. for Opening Night at Arvest Ballpark. The team begins the season on the road in Tulsa on Friday, April 4th. The 2025 schedule consists of 69 home games and is packed full of fun as it features 18 post-game fireworks shows – including a home game on the Fourth of July – and popular theme nights like: Peanuts Night, Harry Potter Night, Star Wars Night, and Growlin’ Chickens Weekend.
Arvest Ballpark, home of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, will be receiving some facility improvements for the 2025 season. As part of the Naturals partnership with the City of Springdale, the club will be expanding the ballpark netting to each of the foul poles, adding new carpet, flooring, and lights to the home clubhouse, repairing some areas of the ballpark canopy as well as pressure washing the exterior stone of the ballpark.
The Northwest Arkansas Naturals would like to highlight some internal promotions as well as a new addition to the full-time staff. Adam Annaratone was recently promoted to Game Day Production Manager after serving as the club’s Creative Services Coordinator since 2017. Tucker Crumpler was also recently promoted to Marketing Coordinator after serving as an Account Executive since being hired following the 2024 season. Tucker first started with the organization as a Game Day Intern in 2023 then was a Marketing Seasonal Intern in 2024 before joining the full-time staff. In addition to these promotions, Alex Kern was hired as an Account Executive in February. Alex was a Marketing Seasonal Intern with the Naturals in 2024 having worked for Delaware North’s Patina Restaurant Group prior to that.