{"id":187079,"date":"2026-02-21T04:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187079\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T04:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:01:13","slug":"long-beach-airport-signs-on-as-long-beach-coast-baseball-teams-first-sponsor-long-beach-post-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187079\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Airport signs on as Long Beach Coast baseball team\u2019s first sponsor \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach Airport has agreed to be the Long Beach Coast baseball team\u2019s first sponsor for its inaugural season.<\/p>\n<p>The $100,000 deal includes an agreement that the Coast\u2019s jerseys will have sleeve patches featuring the airport, Long Beach Airport advertisements online and at their home stadium of Blair Field, along with pop-up experiences and giveaways at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast is part of the 12-team Pioneer Baseball League, an independent professional league founded in 1939. They\u2019ve been gearing up for an inaugural season since the Long Beach City Council first OK\u2019d the idea last July.<\/p>\n<p>They announced Warren G as a part-owner a few months later and revealed Coast as its name in January. Team officials say they <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/long-beachs-baseball-team-name-coast-regulators-parrots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will also play games under its alter ego: The Regulators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsorship deal also ensures Long Beach Airport \u2014 which recently trademarked itself as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Coolest Airport\u201d \u2014 will serve as the official airport of the Long Beach Coast, according to a team spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, which lasts through the end of the year, the airport will provide $30,000 in direct sponsorship support and $70,000 in in-kind contributions, airport spokesperson Lindsey Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Coast said the deal reflects \u201ca shared commitment to community pride, local engagement, and showcasing Long Beach on a broader stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the team hosted its first pop-up experience at the airport with a giveaway that included shirts, cups and baseballs featuring the team\u2019s logo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-20-26-baseball-0-013049-ib8pzvjr-735425-abe2rYug-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181903\"  \/>The Long Beach Coast baseball team hosts a pop-up event at Long Beach Airport on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach Coast kicks off its first season May 19 with a series against the Yuba-Sutter High Wheelers. The Coast plays its first home game on June 2 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pioneerleague.com\/sports\/bsb\/2026\/releases\/20260204jzach4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RedPocket Mobiles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new franchise marks the first time professional baseball will be played in Long Beach since 2009, the last season of the Long Beach Armada.<\/p>\n<p>Notable former Major League Baseball players Troy Percival, Troy Glaus and Jerome Williams are among the coaching staff. The team has also announced the signings of several players from across Los Angeles and Orange counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach Airport has agreed to be the Long Beach Coast baseball team\u2019s first sponsor for its inaugural&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-187079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187079","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=187079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}