Vegan Pizza and Portobello Mushroom Burgers Put the Home of the Red Wings on the Minor League List for Fifth Straight Year
For Immediate Release:
July 9, 2012
Contact:
Shakira Croce 202-483-7382
Rochester, N.Y. — Today's baseball stadiums offer an ever-increasing array of healthy and delicious vegetarian food choices. So, for the 6th straight year, PETA has ranked the Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Ballparks in the minor leagues, and for the second consecutive year, Frontier Field, home of the Red Wings, has grabbed second place in the minors.
"Frontier Field might host the minor leagues, but when it comes to the delicious health-, Earth-, and animal-friendly food offered at its concession stands, it's a major league player all the way," says PETA Associate Director Chris Holbein. "Even before the first pitch is thrown out, the Red Wings are a big winner in our book."
Leading off the lineup at Frontier Field are the vegan pizza, veggie burgers, and portobello mushroom burgers. Batting cleanup are the nutritious fresh fruit platter, baked potato, pasta with tomato sauce, and standby veggie dogs.
Coming in first is Hammond Stadium, home of Florida's Fort Myers Miracle. Its specialties include vegan cheeseburgers and veggie tacos. Rounding out the top five minor league ballparks are the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Wilmington Blue Rocks' Daniel S. Frawley Stadium, and the Tulsa Drillers' ONEOK Field. Finishing in first place in the major leagues is the Philadelphia Phillies' Citizens Bank Park, whose BBQ veggie "Pit Beef," vegan chicken-steak, and faux-chicken patty sandwich put the Phils over the top for the fifth time in the past six years.
Each major and minor league team to make the Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Ballparks list will receive a framed certificate from PETA. For more information and to see the complete major and minor league rankings, please click here and here.