Storks unveil new terrace, ready to launch 2026 season

Storks has turned a fresh terrace into a season-opening upgrade that changes the feel of a day at the ballpark, not just the look of the place. The club posted on 13 April 2026 that the terrace was finished and ready for use, and framed it as the spot where the 2026 sports season could begin. For families waiting between games, visiting teams arriving for their first impression, and regular spectators who stay long after the last out, that matters more than a paint job or a quick tidy-up.

The club thanked Firma Konijnenburg for the result and said the project was made possible by support from several important partners. That wording matters. Storks is not presenting the terrace as a private perk or a decorative extra, but as a shared piece of club life, the kind of space that helps a baseball club work on and off the field. In Dutch baseball, where clubs have to make games feel social as well as competitive, a terrace can be the difference between people dropping in for nine innings and people staying for the whole afternoon.

The timing also fits the other work going on around the ground. In the same week, Storks said its new batting cage had been assembled by Honkbal 1 after Honkbal 2 first took down the old one. Put together, the terrace and the cage show a club putting real hands into its own infrastructure right as the season opens. That is the kind of spring reset many clubs talk about, but Storks is making visible in public.

The upgrade also lands with extra weight because of what Storks has been, not just what it is now. The club was founded in Den Haag on 15 January 1952, played its early years on the fields at Van Vredenburchweg in Rijswijk, and later shared Escamp III with ADO from 1965 to 1975 at the corner of Erasmusweg and Dedemsvaartweg. During that strong period, Storks drew 5,000 paying spectators in a year, reached the highest level of Dutch baseball and finished second in 1970. The KNBSB still places Storks in the Den Haag cluster alongside clubs such as Blue Birds, Braves, Catch, Red Lions and VUC.

At Schapenatjesduin 9, 2554 BW Den Haag, the terrace now adds another layer to a ground that already carries club history and neighborhood reality in equal measure. With parking rules aimed at limiting nuisance for residents and a new social space ready beside the diamond, Storks is trying to make the 2026 season feel more polished, more welcoming and easier to stay at. That is the real value of the project: better viewing, a stronger presentation, and a club environment built to keep people around.