Salt Lake Bees

Based in South Jordan, Utah, the team will begin play at Daybreak Field at America First Square in 2025.

The team previously played its home games at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City from its opening in 1994 until the end of the 2024 season.

Though a charter member of the PCL, the Solons suffered on the field and at the gate, being exiled at times to Tacoma, Fresno, and San Francisco.

[Salt Lake Telegram, April 1, 1915, p. 3] The original Bees never won a PCL pennant, but they drew attendees well, especially considering the small market size.

When the Vernon Tigers abandoned Los Angeles after the 1925 season, it was suggested to Lane that he would do well to transfer his team to Southern California.

[4] The current franchise dates from 1994, when Joe Buzas, a former major league player and the owner of the PCL Portland Beavers, moved the team to Salt Lake City.

Buzas made a deal wherein the city would build a new ballpark on the site of historic Derks Field in exchange for relocating the team.

The new ballpark, Franklin Quest Field, opened in 1994 with the renamed Salt Lake Buzz drawing 713,224 fans to home games during their inaugural season—breaking the PCL single-season attendance record that had stood for 48 years.

The change was forced by a trademark dilution lawsuit filed by Georgia Tech, whose yellowjacket mascot is named Buzz.

[14] In 2022, the Triple-A West became known as the Pacific Coast League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.

[15] In the early part of the 2023 season, Jo Adell broke a franchise record with a six-game straight home run streak.

[16] In early 2024, Marc Amicone left the Bees to become an advisor on baseball matters for the Larry H. Miller Company.

[17] During the 2024 season, three-time Major League Baseball MVP Mike Trout played with the Bees as part of his physical rehabilitation.

[24] On January 17, 2023, the Larry H. Miller Company announced they would build a new baseball stadium in Daybreak, a master-planned community in South Jordan, Utah, for the Salt Lake Bees.

An entrance gate to Smith's Ballpark (former stadium name Spring Mobile Ballpark pictured), home of the Bees