WICHITA, Kan. – After months of speculation,  Wichita’s Triple-A baseball team has a name. The Wichita Wind Surge! Just when everyone thought it would be the baby cakes?

Starting in April, the new team will play its home games in the city’s new baseball stadium at the site of the former Lawrence-Dumont Stadium near downtown.

Several names like the Wichita Linemen, the Wichita 29ers, River Riders and Doo-Dahs were thrown out as possibilities, but the Wichita Wind Surge was the name selected.

Opening Day for the team at the new stadium is set for Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Wichita will play the Memphis Redbirds, a team affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals, in a three-game series.

Wichita will play 70 home games during the 2020 home season. Other notable opponents include the Kansas City Royals AAA team, the Omaha Storm Chasers, who will visit Wichita for the first time May 4 – 7, the Oklahoma City Dodgers, AAA affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers,and the Iowa Cubs, AAA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs..