RedHawks Field at Bricktown
| RedHawks Field at Bricktown | |
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| Location | 2 South Mickey Mantle Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73104 |
| Broke ground | August 1996 |
| Opened | April 16, 1998[1] |
| Owner | City of Oklahoma City |
| Operator | Oklahoma City RedHawks |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction cost | 34 $ million ($45.8 million in 2012 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Architectural Design Group |
| Structural engineer | Zahl-Ford, Inc.[3] |
| General Contractor | Oscar J. Boldt Construction Co.[4] |
| Capacity | 13,066 |
| Field dimensions |
Left Field: 325 ft Center Field: 400 ft Right Field: 325 ft |
| Tenants | |
| Oklahoma City RedHawks | |
RedHawks Field at Bricktown[5] opened in 1998 in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district, replacing All Sports Stadium. It is the home of the Oklahoma City RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros major league baseball team. The park seats 13,066 fans.
The stadium frequently hosts the Big 12 Baseball Tournament. The first Big 12 tournament was held at All Sports Stadium in 1997 before moving to Bricktown in 1998. The tournament has been held at Bricktown every year since, except for 2002 and 2004, when it was contested at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, the home park of the Texas Rangers. It is also home to two games of The Bedlam Series where the Oklahoma Sooners face the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
[edit] Name changes
The stadium originally opened as Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark (later SBC Bricktown Ballpark after Southwestern Bell's name change). In January 2006, the ballpark was renamed AT&T Bricktown Ballpark following the merger between SBC and Old AT&T. The most recent change resulted in the current RedHawks Field at Bricktown designation.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/AAA/oklahomacity.html
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ http://www.dcd.com/case_studies/0101/010150.html
- ^ http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/AAA/oklahomacity.html
- ^ "Ballpark Regulations". Minor League Baseball. 2011-07-18. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/team1/page.jsp?ymd=20090701&content_id=5639560&vkey=team1_t238&fext=.jsp&sid=t238.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: RedHawks Ballpark |
- RedHawks Field on TravelOK.com Official travel and tourism website for the State of Oklahoma
- Redhawks Baseball website
- Review of RedHawks Field
- RedHawks Field views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
Coordinates: 35°27′53.86″N 97°30′28.98″W / 35.4649611°N 97.50805°W
| Preceded by All Sports Stadium |
Home of the Oklahoma City RedHawks 1998 – present |
Succeeded by current |
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