The Southeastern Conference (SEC), the City of Hoover and the Public Park and Recreation Board of the City of Hoover announced Thursday an agreement to hold the SEC Baseball Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium through at least 2028.
The agreement allows the SEC the option of exercising additional extensions to conduct the tournament at the Hoover Met in 2029 and 2030.
The Hoover Met has hosted the SEC Tournament since 1998, excluding 2020, when the event was canceled due to COVID. Attendance records were set in the last two tournaments, with a total attendance of 180,004 in 2024.
"The SEC Tournament has become one of the premier events in college baseball and the Hoover Met is a special venue for our fans,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said. "We look forward to continuing a positive relationship with the City of Hoover as the home of our baseball tournament."
Renovations to the stadium entrance and parking lot were among the enhancements completed earlier this year. Other improvements, including replacing reserved stadium seats and adding new hospitality spaces, are scheduled to be completed before the 2025 tournament.
“For the past 27 years, the City of Hoover has been pleased to host the SEC Baseball Tournament,” Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato said. “Over those years, we’ve developed a great partnership with the SEC. The City has worked extremely hard to provide stellar customer service and make sure we understand what players, coaches, fans, and the SEC expect from us. Working as a team, we believe we’ve built a brand and with all our members, we have created what we believe is the best environment in college baseball. We are so grateful that the SEC continues to support hosting the SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover.”
The 2025 SEC Tournament will be the first to include every SEC team, including new members Oklahoma and Texas. The 16-team tournament will be conducted in a single-elimination format. Tickets will go on sale in March at SECsports.com.
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