Officials with the World Baseball Classic announced April 10 five teams that Daikin Park will host in the March tournament.
What we know
Houston was selected as a host city for the sixth installment of the classic tournament in May, a few months after the city won its bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Daikin Park, formally Minute Maid Park, will serve as a host for the World Baseball Classic for the first time in its history. The ballpark will be the ninth different Major League ballpark to host the classic contest, joining others such as Chase Field in Phoenix, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and Rogers Center in Toronto, Canada.
