American Family Field is in for a serious glow-up. Renderings released this week show a sweeping overhaul that includes a new premium "Truss Club" along the first-base side, a family-focused UW Credit Union Plaza packed with mini-golf and play areas, and a center-field beer garden with a stage for live entertainment. The vision leans into both high-end hospitality and free public hangout zones, with the Truss Club pitched as an indoor-outdoor membership space and the plaza built around families and pregame programming. The work is set to roll out over two seasons, with much of the plaza targeted for this summer and the Truss Club and larger hospitality build-outs planned through 2027.
Renderings Show Club, Plaza and Center-Field Activation
Renderings first published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel walk fans through the Truss Club on the stadium’s western side near the first-base line, highlighting an interior food and beverage area along with upstairs patios that overlook the field. The gallery also shows a new structure beyond the center-field wall that includes a stage, bar, and tailgate-style food options, with the paper noting that the Truss Club is scheduled to open in 2027.
UW Credit Union Plaza to Open This June
According to a Brewers press release on MLB.com, the UW Credit Union Plaza will open to the public in June 2026 and will include a six-hole, Wisconsin-themed mini-golf course, a reimagined Glove Playground presented by Aurora Health Care, and family-friendly concessions. The team says the plaza will be free and open on gamedays and will host live music, theme nights, and other programming designed to stretch the ballpark experience beyond the turnstiles.
First-Base Hospitality and Offseason Event Space
Industry reporting from the Sports Business Journal details a roughly 20,000-square-foot hospitality addition along the first-base side that is planned as a rental venue in the offseason and as an amenity for season-ticket holders during the year, with construction targeted for completion in early 2027. Those notes line up with the timeline and features depicted in the Journal Sentinel renderings, which show the center-field beer garden and performance stage on track for a 2027 build-out.
What It Means for Fans and the Neighborhood
If the schedule holds, this summer’s plaza is set to redirect some traditional parking-lot tailgate energy into programmed family activities and live entertainment, while next year’s club and hospitality spaces will bring additional premium options for season-ticket holders. Local coverage from OnMilwaukee breaks down the plaza’s Wisconsin-themed mini-golf and play zones, and Banana Ball weekends have already been flagged as examples of how the new plaza will be activated during special events, signaling a livelier exterior scene on gamedays.
The renderings offer a clear snapshot of the Brewers’ ambitions but do not lock in every detail on scope or timing, and the team and its contractors plan to share updates on construction progress, permits, and membership information as work advances. For now, fans can look for plaza activations beginning in June and expect the Truss Club and the larger first-base hospitality expansion to arrive in 2027.
