Ken Small founded Home Fields in 1999 and went to market with 11 Southern stadiums. Home Fields now has over 100 regular-sized stadiums, 20 of which come in a jumbo, lighted version.

A penchant for stadiums was nothing new. In 7th Grade Wood Shop class in Sterling, IL, 100 miles west of Chicago, everyone made the standard bookcase as their final project. Ken made the Georgia Tech football stadium.

The Home Fields product is a culmination of Ken’s professional skills through the years. A graduate of the University of Miami, he was a sports writer at the Miami Herald for five years and Editorial Promotion Director for two. Then he created Dolphin Digest, the weekly still in existence. He became Marketing Director of the Miami Dolphins, traveling with the team and seeing the NFL stadiums.

 

As a former sports writer, Ken takes great pride in the history he writes for the back of each stadium. He calls it the intrinsic value of the stadium. Some customers call it the best part of the stadium. 

Ken was lured to Atlanta when soccer was expanding as Marketing Director of the Turner-owned Atlanta Chiefs, sharing office space with the Braves at the Atlanta-Fulton stadium.

“I grew up the number one White Sox fan in America,” he says. “And when they tear down your favorite ballpark, they take a piece of your heart with it. I wanted something on a shelf in my office that I could look at every day and recall my good times at Comiskey Park. And I wanted the Orange Bowl along side it. When I’m in my office now, I can mentally be in my favorite stadiums."