BUIES CREEK, NC (WTVD) -- The Houston Astros are setting up shop at Campbell University.
The team announced Thursday that their Carolina League affiliate will call Buies Creek home for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
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For the past eight years, the Astros High A team played in Lancaster, California.
That franchise is moving to Fayetteville as part of the Carolina League -- just as soon as the city builds a brand new $33 million ballpark in downtown Fayetteville.
City officials hope to have the downtown stadium completed in time for the 2019 season's first pitch.
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In the meantime, the Astros will call the field at Campbell University home.
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