Anteater Ballpark Explained

Stadium Name:Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark
Former Names:Anteater Ballpark (2002 - 2009)
Location:Irvine, California
Capacity:2,900
Construction Cost:$8.4 million
Surface:Bermuda grass
Opened:2002
Owner:University of California, Irvine
Dimensions:Left Field: 335feet
Center Field: 405feet
Right Field: 355feet
Tenants:UC Irvine Anteaters baseball (2002–present)

Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark is the ballpark at the University of California, Irvine in Irvine, California, United States. It is the home stadium of the UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team. Opened in 2002,[1] the stadium has 908 seats and can accommodate up to an additional 2,500 people on a grass berm.[2] [3]

In 2009, the ballpark's field was named for Ralph J. Cicerone,[4] the university's chancellor from 1998 to 2005.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anteater Ballpark . ucirvinesports.com . Intercollegiate Athletics, University of California, Irvine . November 23, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100224084421/http://www.ucirvinesports.com/facilities/baseball.html . February 24, 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: General Venue Information . ucirvinesports.com . Intercollegiate Athletics, University of California, Irvine . November 7, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161209162910/http://ucirvinesports.com/game_day/anteaterballparkgameday . December 9, 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Ballpark Map. ucirvinesports.com. Intercollegiate Athletics, University of California, Irvine. November 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133313/http://www.ucirvinesports.com/tickets/anteater_ballpark_map.pdf. November 8, 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Cicerone's Field of Dreams . Tim . Vasich . uci.edu . November 23, 2009 . https://archive.today/20121211122608/http://www.uci.edu/uci/features/feature_cicerone_090520.html . dead . December 11, 2012 .
  5. Web site: UC Irvine announces 2008 Medal recipients . May 19, 2008 . uci.edu . November 23, 2009 . June 19, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100619181431/http://archive.today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1760 .