{"id":186660,"date":"2026-02-20T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186660\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:22:10","slug":"long-beach-airport-signs-on-as-professional-baseball-clubs-first-founding-partner-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186660\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Airport signs on as professional baseball club\u2019s first founding partner \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Long Beach Baseball Club, the city\u2019s first professional baseball team, which is getting ready to launch its inaugural season in May, has its first major partner.<\/p>\n

The Long Beach Airport has signed on as the team\u2019s first founding partner, according to a Thursday, Feb. 19, news release, marking a major milestone for LBBC, otherwise known as Long Beach Coast.<\/p>\n

LGB will be the official airport of the Long Beach Coast and will sponsor the team\u2019s jerseys, the news release said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the very beginning, Long Beach Coast has been about building something authentic for this city. Partnering with Long Beach Airport as our first and founding partner is incredibly meaningful, \u201d LBBC President Ena Patel said. \u201cLGB represents the best of Long Beach: welcoming, distinctive and forward-thinking. This partnership is locals supporting locals, and together we\u2019re creating experiences that extend well beyond the ballpark.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thousands of people attend the Festival of Flight on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, featuring dozens of aircraft of all kinds on display at Long Beach Airport. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The Long Beach Baseball Club has announced its inaugural 2026 schedule, which features 96 games, including 52 at home on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. (Photo by Joseph Kling)\n<\/p>\n

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The Long Beach Baseball Club announced the city\u2019s new professional baseball team name on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, the Long Beach Coast, with an \u201calter ego\u201d as the Long Beach Regulators. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Baseball Club)\n<\/p>\n

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Long Beach Airport celebrated the completion of its Terminal Roadway Improvements Project on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Long Beach Baseball Club has announced its inaugural 2026 schedule, which features 96 games, including 52 at home on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. (Courtesy of Long Beach Baseball Club)\n<\/p>\n

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Thousands of people attend the Festival of Flight on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, featuring dozens of aircraft of all kinds on display at Long Beach Airport. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The arrival of the professional baseball team, which is part of the the Pioneer Baseball League, was announced in 2025 after the Long Beach City Council voted to back a partnership<\/a> between the club and Cal State Long Beach, which allows the team to use the university\u2019s Blair Field as its home base.<\/p>\n

Since then, the team has been working to establish itself with player signings, fan events and more. Long Beach Baseball Club also hosted a citywide vote to help pick its official name \u2014 which is how it became known as Long Beach Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Team officials also said the club would have an alter-ego<\/a>: the Long Beach Regulators, a callback to Long Beach rapper Warren G\u2019s 1994 hit \u201cRegulate\u201d \u2014 and an homage to the city\u2019s role as a powerhouse and pioneer of West Coast rap.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with the Long Beach Coast as they bring professional baseball back to the city,\u201d LGB Director Cynthia Guidry said. \u201cBoth of our organizations are deeply connected to this community and committed to creating memorable experiences for residents and visitors alike. This partnership celebrates Long Beach\u2019s creativity, energy and hometown pride.\u201d<\/p>\n

To celebrate the partnership, the team hosted a fan event at the airport on Friday, Feb. 20, which featured giveaways, music and more.<\/p>\n

Long Beach Coast will also host a community event during which fans can meet the team\u2019s players at 12 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at SteelCraft, 3768 Long Beach Blvd. RSVP for that event online at shorturl.at\/p6ApQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach Baseball Club, the city\u2019s first professional baseball team, which is getting ready to launch its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,23,131,133,132,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-186660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-long-beach","11":"tag-long-beach-headlines","12":"tag-long-beach-news","13":"tag-los-angeles-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}