TicketReturn.com Field

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TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark
Former names BB&T Coastal Field, Coastal Federal Field
Location 1251 21st Avenue North
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Broke ground March 11, 1998
Opened April 12, 1999
Owner Horry County/City of Myrtle Beach
Operator Myrtle Beach Professional Baseball Club
Surface Grass
Construction cost $12.8 million
($17.6 million in 2013 dollars[1])
Architect Mozingo + Wallace Architects
Project manager Opening Day Partners
Services engineer Rast & Associates, Inc.[2]
General contractor McDevitt Street Bovis, Inc.[3]
Capacity 6,600
Field dimensions Left field: 308 feet (94 m)
Center field: 400 feet (120 m)
Right field: 328 feet (100 m)
Tenants
Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Carolina League) (1999-present)
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (NCAA DI Big South) (2013)

TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark (previously known as Coastal Federal Field and BB&T Coastal Field) is located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and is the home field of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a minor league affiliate of the Texas Rangers in the Carolina League. The stadium, located just off Highway 17 in Myrtle Beach, opened in 1999. It holds up to 6,600 people.[4] It is the finish point of the annual Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon, an athletics event held in February of each year.[5]

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TicketReturn.com Field is also home of the annual "Baseball At The Beach" collegiate baseball tournament. Hosted by Coastal Carolina University each year, the tournament pits participating NCAA Division I baseball programs in the United States.[6] While Charles Watson Stadium is renovated during the 2013 season, the Chanticleers will play their home schedule at TicketReturn.com Field.[7]

The venue served as a regional host site for the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Coastal Carolina hosted the regional, with VCU, Clemson, and St. John's also playing in the regional. They also hosted a regional and super regional in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, losing the super regional to South Carolina.[8]

The Texas Rangers played an exhibition game on March 29, 2011 at Pelicans Ballpark against Coastal Carolina University as a part of 2011 spring training.[9]

Season 3 of HBO's Eastbound & Down filmed there.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Staff. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  2. ^ Entertainment Facilities - Engineers Consulting for Mechanical Engineers and Electrical Engineering | Rast & Associates
  3. ^ Projects - Mozingo+Wallace
  4. ^ BB&T Coastal Field
  5. ^ BI-LO Marathon
  6. ^ Coastal Carolina University Athletics :: Official Site :: GoCCUSports.com
  7. ^ "Select-A-Seat at TicketReturn.com Field Tuesday, 3-5 PM". GoCCUSports.com. Coastal Carolina Sports Information. February 4, 2013. Archived from the original on February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013. 
  8. ^ "2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Record Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013. 
  9. ^ Texas Rangers At Coastal Carolina

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Coordinates: 33°42′42″N 78°53′04″W / 33.711682°N 78.8845°W / 33.711682; -78.8845