Hillsboro Hops

I have to give it a one star because the server/​bartender wrote in her own tip on my credit card. I understand that 2 beers will cost upwards of $ 15 but writing in an additional tip without my knowledge or consent is inappropriate to say the least. Unfortunately we tipped in cash so it’s even more upsetting.
I believe the business that handles the stadiums alcohol is separate from the stadium but neither group seemed all that interested in resolving the issue. I wonder how many other people this has happened to? Thanks for stealing from me and not reimbursing the stolen funds Hillsboro Hops Stadium! You are the best!

Amazing, intimate, comfortabe, affordable small town ballpark. Easy access, clean, welcoming. We were impressed. The downside was being blasted out of there by the 4^th inning. We couldn’t stay even with the perfect seats. The sound blaster was too much. I would go back if that was solved but can’t sfford to pay to see less than half a game. So I guess the Hillsboro Hops are not for me.

They nickel and dime you. $ 2 fee per ticket to order online. $ 3 fee per order to order online. $ 1 fee per order to print your tickets at home (yet there’s no option to pick up at the ballpark). $ 5 to park at the stadium. That $ 11 ticket (which is the cheapest) gets expensive fast. Bullsh*t. This is HILLSBORO, not even in Portland, fees should not be this high.

Slow games. Good, but expensive food. I would go if you have free tickets. Devine banana cotton candy!

Short Season A ball club. Cheapest tickets are $ 7 and you have to sit on the ground with children running around you (which I didn’t mind, just fyi). The next «step up» are uncomfortable bleacher seats with the sun in your face for $ 11. The only decent seats are $ 14. Food wasn’t allowed in, bag checker/​security was very rude, food and drinks inside were very expensive for what you get. Parking at the stadium is $ 5 (I avoided this and parked a couple blocks away). So all this makes for a rather expensive and unpleasant experience.
My experience here reminds me of when my great grandmother would hand wash clothing and would violently wring as much water as she could out of them before hanging them on a line to bake in the sun. In this example, I am the clothing, the water is my money, and the sun is the sun.
Other MiLB ball clubs at higher levels provide better seats, cheaper tickets, cheaper/​better food. This club needs a reality check!
Has great potential, but needs improvement!

Tonight was my first Hops game! It was a good game (5 – 4 Hops), fans were solid (over 4,000 people attended), spirits were high, and the field/​stadium/​facilities were nice and new. I especially liked the neon sign that glowed at the gate when you exited. Parking wasn’t too bad and people were polite and organized getting out of the lot after the game. The General Admission «seating» (picnic-​style on grass by the outfield) is great IF you have small kids and don’t want to wrestle them into staying in your lap as they can run around a bit in the GA area. I noticed most people in the GA section were families with small children. That said, I would opt to pay a few bucks more for a real seat and not have to watch the game through a chain-​link fence (usually that’s how people who DON’T buy a ticket watch the game!). Definitely buy a reserved seat; it’s absolutely worth it.
Unfortunately, the concessions were gross (I had a hot dog, soda, and «garlic fries» which were just regular fries that reminded me of cafeteria fries from grade school with a no-​name garlic aioli on the side). The hot dogs at Costco are way better and cost a quarter of the price. I don’t know if you’re allowed to bring in food, but I would! Or maybe eat dinner before you get to the park? A lot of people drank the craft beer so maybe that’s what people should spend their money on at the concession stand. Just don’t bother with the hot dog. The only thing worse than buying overpriced food is half-​eaten overpriced food.
But the game was fun; I’ll definitely go back next season! Let’s go, Hops!

Lets Go Hops! I like that it’s not too crowded and I can find a parking spot. They had a big inflatable slide for the kids to play on. Barley is cute too!

Every Hops game I’ve attended with my family has been a wonderful experience. We attended last nights game and requested to exchange our tickets. The whole transaction was conducted in a very professional manner. We greatly appreciated the attention we received and the Hops won!

I’ve never lived in a city that didn’t have at least one professional baseball team, and midway through my first summer in Portland I started to get the itch. If you want to be taken out to the ball game in the greater Portland area, the Hops are your team.
The Hillsboro Hops are a Class A short season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks (essentially making them the 5^th tier of the organization). You won’t hear any flashy names here, and most players were taken in the 15^th round or later in the first year player draft. Still, the Hops and their Northwest League Opponents play competitive games that are fun to watch.
When buying tickets, keep in mind that the cheap ($ 7) are general admission, and will have you sitting on the grass somewhere in the outfield. This is a decent option, just make sure you bring fold up chairs or a blanket. $ 14 tickets get you a reserved seat somewhere near 1^st or 3^rd base, likely in direct sun for day games. «Premium Seating» ($ 16) gets you a reserved seat in the shade. In all cases, the earlier you buy your tickets, the closer you’ll be to the action.
The official beer of the Hillsboro Hops is Bridgeport Brewing. Having been to a lot of baseball games at Milwaukee’s Miller Park (guess what kind of beer they sell?), I LOVE having lots of local craft beer choices at the ballpark. 16 oz. beers are $ 6, 20 oz. beers are $ 7. If you want Coors Lite, that’s a dollar less. So just get Bridgeport.
I wouldn’t call myself a «Hops fan,» but I’ll definitely be back at least once per summer to get my baseball fix. These guys are a lot of fun.

The security is a joke. The way the treated me was BS. they will never get my cash again. I miss the Beavers

Great field just a little expensive. The foot long hot dog looked great but tasted like water with a meat texture. Not what you would consider a ball park hot dog. Parking is also crazy. When you see how many people are there after parking a good distance away, it makes you wonder if there is a rideshare somewhere.

This is a joke, right? I can go to Pawtucket to see the Red Sox AAA team and get a box seat for $ 11. i came out here to visit friends in 2013 and $ 11 is the starting price if I don’t want to sit on a berm? This is short-​season Single A! It’s glorified day care with some baseball being played. Then I go to the concessions stand and, while it’s cool to see BridgePort here, they want $ 7 for it? I was in Portland the night before — you know, the major city this is a fairly distant suburb of – and I didn’t find one spot where a beer cost me more than $ 5. In fact, most brewpub pints were going for $ 4.
I don’t know what whales the management think they’ve harpooned, but if they think it’s an Intel guy like my buddy, they’re mistaken. I don’t even know how this is a novelty. «i went out the other night and got overcharged for some baseball! HOW NOVEL!» We ended up at Safeco later that week and got tickets for $ 9 each. There’s a train station close to the ballpark, there are cabs to get you there and back — Hillsboro’s nearest train was a car ride away. How is that helpful? I’m not much of a threat to come back to Hillsboro or to the Hops’s stadium — though I did take home a hat, for the hop — but man is this a swindle. And he says they want the OAKLAND A’S to make this their temporary home! Yeah, good luck with that. The soccer in this town is more entertaining and a better value than the baseball: That’s not a great thing.
Good luck with your future high school baseball stadium. Just don’t charge the poor parents $ 14 a pop.

Having come from Angels country, I never even thought about what happens if it starts to rain at a game. You know what happens? Something called a rain delay. And I’m not waiting around to find out if shit is going to resume.
Sadly, we only got 3 innings before the rain got to be too much. Gladly, I finished my wine before we had to shove off. Neutrally, they picked up the game at 11:30 that night (for a 7 pm game) and although we were killing it beforehand we lost our mojo later on and lost the game. Damn rain.
Stadium is top notch: new, nice bathrooms, decent food selection, great wine and beer. Bridgeport makes a few brews especially for the Hops.
The mascot is a total badass. FYI

I realized the day of the game I hadn’t purchased the correct amount of tickets, I called the box office the day of the game and they fixed everything for me! It was quick and easy and my whole party gets to sit together! The guy on the phone was friendly and extremely, this will be my second game tonight, it’s a great stadium, there’s lots of entertainment and fun during the game. The prices are fairly reasonable! Go hops!!!

Wow waited forever in line to see a single A team. No overhead signage with pricing. Therefore, everyone waited until at the window to think about what tickets they wanted. Handicapped parking is far away, but the classic cars got great parking. I would have gone to the team store while hubby got tickets, but couldn’t. It is closed to the outside. I wanted to get a jersey before we moved here to support the community team. Couldn’t. No xx larges available for hubby. Guess they don’t know how to order more. Just watched the Diamondbacks v the Reds and Dbacks v Dodgers. Stood less time in line for that. Paid about the same. Wow.
Food was ummmm, not fantastic… but it’s a ballpark.
The game was good. Players really love baseball still. Both teams were truly trying, and you are very close to the action.
They need to fix the issues with lines, and they need to reconsider some family pricing. The seven dollar tickets require you to sit in the grass – that used to be the free seats in Vegas. I paid $ 12 for a bleacher seat that was not covered. They don’t have a family deal –AAA team in Vegas has a deal where you get four tickets, a hot dog and coke for each person for $ 40. Nothing like that here. They also need to reconsider the amount of season tickets that are sold and then sit empty. It is not a large enough ball park to leave those seats sit empty – it makes it look to a person driving by that there is no one at the game.

Had a fun time the other night at the Hops game, even though they lost. It is an intimate stadium, and we were close to home plate and it wasn’t too expensive for a night out. I am glad there is some baseball to watch in Portland (Hillsboro?) because I missed the game when the Beavers left town.
If you haven’t watched minor league baseball you should give it a try. There is something happening between innings and the score is oftentimes higher than in a Major league game. I have one more game schedule for this year and I am really looking forward ot it.

Came here last night for a game and I will definitely be returning. The only reason for not 5 stars is because there are no water fountains, which makes you more inclined to purchase beverages from their vendors. Also, they charge 5 dollars for parking. I would recommend parking at McMenamins (get your grub on prior to the game) or LA Fitness and walk over. We were over charged when purchasing some beverages and because so we were given two free beers and a free water, pretty sweet!

Had a great time, even though they lost. Really fun family atmosphere and they had lots of entertainment during the game for the kiddies.
So glad baseball is back in P-​town (technically its H-​town)!

I must say that I was unsure exactly what this would be like. I had never been to a minor league baseball game before.
This was a great time. I will definitely go again.
My only complaint was that there was no good concessions available. I didn’t want any of the beers or foods available and I wanted something.
We watched the Hops get beat, but it was still a good time. I think that the minor league might actually be more interesting to watch since more stuff happens. In my experience watching baseball most of the time nothing happens. not here — plenty of action.

This is Single A Professional Baseball. The Hillsboro Hops are a minor league farm team for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The stadium is brand new and I attended the second (ever) game at the stadium.
This is good old wholesome minor league baseball. Fun little games in-​between innings (involving game attendees in the stands), fun baseball with young players giving their all to do well (and move up closer to the major leagues) and a great crowd. After the game, if you go to the dugout, the players will sign autographs and they are great with kids.
Typical baseball stadium food (dogs, peanuts, burgers, beer) but they also had a garden burger (for the vegetarians), some GF options (fries, pop chips) and mixed drinks. The burgers came with a good kaiser role, lettuce and tomato.
The stadium was clean, everyone seemed very happy to be there and were respectful to one another. (I’ve been to MLB, NHL games where is was R rated re: crass language and topics of discussion). Unlike the major league games I’ve been to, our «neighbors» here were so nice to the kids and there was no language issues. That’ll change with every game but this night was great.
It’s perfect for a fun night out with the kids especially with kids who hopefully like baseball. The little games and entertainment in between can generally keep their attention.
The stadium is new and very clean. It’s small, 4000+ seats, but that makes it all the more special. The tickets were about $ 14 a piece and there are really cheap «seats» on a lawn section in the outfield. Parking is $ 5
Bring a jacket for when the sun goes down and I recommend sitting somewhere in sections 1 – 12 if you want to avoid sun in your eyes. Sections 4 – 8 are right near the hops dugout.