If you've been to The Birdcage to see Canaries games the last few years, you've noticed some dramatic changes — in improvements to the facility, the fan experience, and the team's results.

These aren't the same lovable losers playing in the same old dump. Not since new owners Brian Slipka and Anthony Albanese from Slipka's True North Family Companies took over.

It's all intertwined, and the club continues to tweak everything, especially improved spaces for both players and fans. For players, a new clubhouse and an artificial infield playing surface that both looks cooler and attracts better players than the old grass did. 

For fans, a giant sparkling videoboard that provides elevated entertainment, to chairback seats in the upper bowl to new (faster) ways of purchasing food, to a vaster array of adult beverages and kid-friendly fun (playground, bounce houses, interactive games).

So what's new and improved in 2025, and does the long-term future hold in an aging structure after the Birds' bid to occupy the Riverline District space downtown fell short?

Fourth-year Canaries president Brian Jamros has the answers.