League Stadium ties Huntingburg to baseball history and film fame

League Stadium gives Huntingburg something few small towns can claim: a ballpark that still works for baseball while carrying a national movie legacy. The Dubois County Bombers play home games there, and the stadium’s ties to A League of Their Own and Soul of the Game keep it active in the county’s daily life, not just in old film clips.

A ballpark with two histories

League Stadium sits in Huntingburg as one of Dubois County’s most recognizable landmarks, and its past is described in more than one way. A WEHT/WTVW transcript places its original construction in 1894, while a City of Huntingburg social media post says it was built in 1910. Either way, the stadium’s age is part of its appeal, and the conflicting dates do not change its role as a lasting piece of local infrastructure.

The official League Stadium site frames the park in two directions at once. It presents the field as the home of the Rockford Peaches in A League of Their Own and also connects it to Soul of the Game. That combination gives Huntingburg a baseball story that reaches beyond one season, one team or one generation.

How Hollywood found Huntingburg

The movie connection is not accidental. Columbia Pictures was scouting southern Indiana for A League of Their Own filming locations in 1991, and the stadium was renovated that same year for the production. The film arrived on July 1, 1992, and turned the ballpark into one of the most recognizable real-world backdrops in women’s baseball history.

A League of Their Own starred Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, David Strathairn and Bill Pullman, with Penny Marshall directing from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, based on the story developed by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson. The film is a fictional account of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and League Stadium became the place where the Rockford Peaches’ home games were filmed.

That matters because the stadium is not just associated with a famous title. It is tied to a story that introduced a broad audience to women’s professional baseball, and Huntingburg remains one of the places where that story has a physical address.

What visitors find now

The ballpark is still in use, which gives the site more than a museum feel. The Dubois County Bombers play their home games at League Stadium, and local coverage documented a Bombers game there on July 20, 2023. That ongoing use keeps the park in circulation for residents who come for summer baseball and for visitors who arrive because they recognize the setting from film history.

League Stadium is also used for events and tours, which broadens its purpose beyond game nights. A Stadium Journey review published June 17, 2019, emphasized the park’s vintage atmosphere, including old signage and the kind of setting that makes the stadium feel rooted in a different era without being sealed off from the present. That mix of active use and preserved character is what keeps the site relevant year after year.

Why it matters to Huntingburg

For Huntingburg, League Stadium works as both an attraction and a local anchor. Families can build an outing around a Bombers game, a stop downtown and a walk through the city’s historic core, which puts spending in more than one part of town. Baseball fans have a reason to come even when the Bombers are not playing, and movie fans come to see a real location rather than a set.

The stadium also helps the city tell its story to outsiders in a way that feels unmistakably local. A place linked to Rockford, to A League of Their Own, and to Soul of the Game gives Dubois County a shorthand that many towns do not have. It is a working ballpark, a tourism draw and a piece of civic identity all in one, and that is why League Stadium still matters in Huntingburg long after the cameras left.