LoanMart Field
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| Former names | Rancho Cucamonga Stadium City of Rancho Cucamonga Epicenter Entertainment & Sports Complex (until 2013) |
| Location | 8408 Rochester Avenue Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 |
| Broke ground | November 14, 1991[1] |
| Opened | April 3, 1993 |
| Owner | City of Rancho Cucamonga |
| Operator | City of Rancho Cucamonga |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $20 million[1] ($31.8 million in 2013 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Grillias-Pirc-Rosier-Alves[3] |
| General contractor | Bernards Brothers, Inc.[4] |
| Capacity | 6,588 permanent stadium seats |
| Field dimensions | Left Field - 326 ft Left-Center Power Alley - 370 ft Center Field - 373 ft Right-Center Power Alley - 320 ft Right Field - 297 ft Backstop - 50 ft |
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| Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (1993-present) | |
LoanMart Field (previously known as the City of Rancho Cucamonga Epicenter Entertainment & Sports Complex, or The Rancho Cucamonga Epicenter for short) is a stadium in Rancho Cucamonga, California. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes minor league baseball team. It was opened on April 3, 1993 and has a seating capacity of 6,588 people.
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History [edit]
In 1992, the San Bernardino Spirit were playing at Fiscalini Field, when it was announced that a new ballpark would be built in Rancho Cucamonga for over $20 million. At the time, this was a large amount of money to spend on a new minor league ballpark. The Spirit jumped at the chance to play in this new ballpark and moved in 1993, switching their affiliation from the Seattle Mariners to the San Diego Padres.[5]
Construction for the stadium began on November 14, 1991[1] and was completed in time for the start of the 1993 season.
On April 3, 2013, it was announced that non-traditional direct lending chain LoanMart had signed a ten-year naming rights deal, renaming the ballpark LoanMart Field in the process.[6]
Improvements [edit]
Between the 2008 and 2009 seasons, the existing seats were replaced, with the old seats recycled, sealing all the cracks and holes in the concrete around the entire stadium, and installing the new and improved seats into place. There are no changes in the capacity for the stadium. However, the numbers on the first base side (sections 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15) are numbered different than before. The sections now have the number one on the right when facing the field and the largest number of the row on the left when facing the field.[7]
The new seats are navy blue and are equipped with a cup holder for each seat. The lower levels, Super Box and Field Box, are now padded.[7]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/team4/page.jsp?ymd=20090121&content_id=498804&vkey=team4_t526&fext=.jsp&sid=t526
- ^ Staff. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2012. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Ned Paynter. "Ballparks: Rancho Cucamonga". The Ned Paynter Collection. Friends of San Diego Architecture. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ Downey, Mike (April 11, 1993). "Shaking Things Up in the Minors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ The Epicenter - Rancho Cucamonga Quakes digitalballparks.com
- ^ Lindskog, Mike (April 03, 2013). "LoanMart Field!". Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. Retrieved April 04, 2013.
- ^ a b Stadium Renovation
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Coordinates: 34°06′10″N 117°32′53″W / 34.102765°N 117.54797°W
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