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Volcanoes Stadium
Main grandstand in 2009
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Location6700 Field of Dreams Way
Keizer, Oregon
OwnerSports Enterprises Inc.
OperatorSports Enterprises Inc.
Capacity4,254
Field sizeLeft – 325 ft (99 m)
Center – 400 ft (122 m)
Right – 325 ft (99 m)
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
Broke groundJanuary 6, 1997
OpenedJune 22, 1997
Construction cost$3 million
($5.69 million in 2024 [1])
ArchitectArbuckle Costic Architects
Tenants
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (NWL)
(1997–present)

Volcanoes Stadium is a minor league baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Keizer, Oregon. It is the home field of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in the short-season Northwest League.[2]

Nicknamed "Oregon's Field of Dreams", it opened 27 years ago in 1997 and has a capacity of 4,254 people.[3] The ballpark is adjacent to Interstate 5, just beyond the right field fence, and sits at an approximate elevation of 150 feet (45 m) above sea level. The Volcanoes have won five Northwest League championships, in 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007,[4] and 2009. The team moved to Salem-Keizer in 1997, after two seasons in Bellingham, Washington,[5][6] preceded by eleven years in Everett.

Salem's previous NWL teams in the 1980s played at Chemeketa Community College.

Other uses

Volcanoes Stadium is also home to the state high school baseball championships[7] and local little league teams.

Under head coach Mike Bellotti, the University of Oregon Ducks played their spring football game at the stadium in early May 1998.[8]

References

  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Volcanoes Baseball Official Site". Volcanoesbaseball.com. 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  3. ^ "Review of Volcanoes Stadium". Ballparkreviews.com. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  4. ^ "Volcanoes grab NWL title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. September 10, 2007. p. C1.
  5. ^ "Northwest League gets new look". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 15, 1997. p. 6F.
  6. ^ "Indians opener set for Spokane". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. January 9, 1997. p. C4.
  7. ^ Mims, Steve (May 31, 2005). "Area rarely 0-for-playoffs". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. E5.
  8. ^ Clark, Bob (May 2, 1998). "Starters should shine in spring game". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 2D.

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