Original MLB Stadiums in 2026 - It is a Niche

In just three days from the writing of this WA Blog on March 22, will be the Official Opening Day for the MLB 2026 Baseball Season on March 25th. You do not have to be a fan of the sport to know it is about to kick in to high gear.

For those of you like me who are fans of Major League Baseball, did you know that there are in-demand focused and narrow MLB niches? Sure there are the common niches like Baseball Bats, Cleets, Gloves, Helmets, Uniforms,...

However, the majority of people with a Baseball Niche have to narrow in on a specific product or related products, to make their affiliate marketing niche stand out in an extremely broad niche. So here is a unique narrow niche.

ORIGINAL MLB STADIUMS - HOW AI CAN HELP

Recently Kyle has been blogging about the advantages for using AI, especially in relation to creating our niche affiliate marketing websites. I do use AI for my research, but I write my own content with that information.

Using AI in this way will help you greatly in the speed it will be until you can publish your content and get your MLB niche up and running. If I were to start this unique baseball niche without AI, it would take me weeks to research.

Below is an AI prompt I used and the the AI response for the research I was seeking. It took AI, 2 minutes and 4 seconds to compile the list and information I was seeking. This would save me so much time to focus on content.

MY PROMPT:

Including Fenway Park, give me a list of original MLB stadiums that are still in use today in 2026. List the Name of the stadium, if it is the original name and if not say what the New name is now. Also list the year it was built and the date of the first home game played there.

THE AI RESPONSE:

The five oldest active MLB stadiums still in use in 2026 (often referred to as the “original” or historic ballparks in league guides, as they predate the 1990s retro/modern boom and remain the current homes for their teams without replacement) are listed below, in order from oldest to newest.

These are the only active MLB venues built before 1974. Newer stadiums (1989 onward) or the Athletics’ temporary 2000-opened Sutter Health Park (a converted AAA facility) are not considered “original MLB stadiums” in this historic context. Oakland Coliseum (also 1966/1968) is no longer in MLB use.

Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

• Original name: Yes (unchanged).
• Year built: 1912.
• Date of first home game: April 20, 1912 (Red Sox vs. New York Highlanders).

Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)

• Original name: No (opened as Weeghman Park in 1914 for the Federal League Chicago Whales; later called Cubs Park; renamed Wrigley Field in 1926/1927).
• Year built: 1914.
• Date of first home game: April 23, 1914 (Chicago Whales vs. Cincinnati Reds).

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

• Original name: Yes (still Dodger Stadium; the playing field has a sponsorship overlay as Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in 2026, but the stadium name is unchanged).
• Year built: 1962.
• Date of first home game: April 10, 1962 (Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds).

Angel Stadium (Los Angeles Angels)

• Original name: No (opened as Anaheim Stadium; renamed Edison International Field of Anaheim 1998–2003; current name Angel Stadium since 2004).
• Year built: 1966.
• Date of first home game: April 19, 1966 (Angels vs. Chicago White Sox).

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

• Original name: No (opened as Royals Stadium; renamed Kauffman Stadium in 1993).
• Year built: 1973.
• Date of first home game: April 10, 1973 (Royals vs. Texas Rangers).

These stadiums have undergone major renovations over the decades but retain their original structures and are the only pre-1974 venues still hosting regular-season MLB games in 2026. Fenway and Wrigley are the last two “classic-era” ballparks from the 1910s.

HOW CAN YOU HATE AI WHEN IT CAN HELP IN THIS WAY?

How long do you think it would take you to come up with all of that MLB information that you can now turn into a unique baseball affiliate marketing niche? Artificial Intelligence was able to do this in a COUPLE OF MINUTES!

Like I said to Kyle, people are basing their hate on AI mainly because they lack the knowledge of what it can do. Personally I do see a downside to AI but that would only happen personally if we let it make us lazy in how we grow.

Of course there are going to be people, organizations and governments that will use AI for evil. This has been happening since technology became mainstream. We shouldn't let that cloud our desire to use AI for our good.

WHY IS THIS A UNIQUE BASEBALL NICHE?

Unlike other narrow focused baseball niches, if you were to create a niche focused solely on the above Five Oldest Active MLB Stadiums still in use in 2026, you could promote all different kinds of products from those 5 teams.

Your niche is not focused on a specific product. Your niche is focused on the only Five Oldest Active MLB Ballparks still in operation. That narrows it down to 5 specific teams and any products associated with those ballparks.

You can start this niche very narrow by promoting media products like DVDs, books and photos. Then you can expand into stadium specific products like banners, artwork and collectibles. There are so many product options.

You can even promote products that are specific to individual players of these specific baseball teams. The focused narrow niche are not the products but rather these unique stadiums, so you could have many ways to move forward.

Having a niche based on the Five Oldest Active MLB Stadiums still in use in 2026, is already narrow and has plenty of potential for what kinds of products you can start promoting and eventually grow into. AI can greatly help.

I gave you an example of a unique Major League Baseball Niche I came up with and then I used AI to do the research for this new niche. It took AI a few seconds more than 2 minutes to give me enough information to start building.

THIS is why we shouldn't totally be opposed to using AI for the good of our niche websites. Like Kyle says, AI removes the friction. With AI it helps us to do our research quicker and more accurately, freeing up time.

What do you think? Do you use AI to do only your research, to do all of your content creation or are you somewhere in between? You cannot deny the example I posted above from AI was great research. Let me know what you think.

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