Lloyd Hopkins Field Explained

Nickname:The Hop
Pushpin Map:USA Illinois#USA
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Fullname:Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park
Address:98 Arnold Palmer Road
City:Alton, Illinois
Owner:City of Alton, Illinois
Operator:Alton Park and Recreation Department
Capacity:2,500[1]
Renovated:2015
Tenants:Alton River Dragons (PL) 2021–present
Bluff City Bombers (CICL) 1998–2004
American Legion Baseball 1981–2015, 2020–present

Lloyd Hopkins Field is a baseball stadium in Alton, Illinois. Owned and operated by the city of Alton, it is the home field for the Alton River Dragons, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Prospect League,[2] and for American Legion Baseball. Hopkins Field hosted American Legion teams from 1981 to 2015, and they returned in 2020.[3] [4] Hopkins Field was also the home of the Bluff City Bombers in the Central Illinois Collegiate League from 1998 to 2004.[5]

In January 2020 the city of Alton signed a 10-year lease with the River Dragons. The deal called for upgrades to Hopkins Field, including the addition of a locker room, batting cages, a new scoreboard and video board, concession amenities, and seating for 1,800 people.[6] [7] [8] Hopkins Field had been renovated in 2015 with updated dugouts and new batting cages, lights, siding, netting, fencing, and turf.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stadium Rentals . Alton River Dragons . Pointstreak Sites . July 29, 2021.
  2. News: Jenkins . Doug . Ellebracht . Mark . Alton to Get Baseball Team . July 29, 2021 . . January 28, 2020 . Alton Daily News . https://web.archive.org/web/20201114122429/http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=298055 . November 14, 2020.
  3. News: Korac . Louie . RETURN TO 'THE HOP': Alton plays first Legion game at Hopkins Field since 2015 disagreement . July 29, 2021 . . July 3, 2020 . Alton, Illinois.
  4. News: Korac . Louie . Legion baseball gives up fight, surrenders Hopkins Field as home . July 29, 2021 . . June 6, 2016 . Alton, Illinois.
  5. News: Hayes . Pete . IN THE DRAGONS' LAIR: Alton baseball team assembling staff, names assistant coaches . July 29, 2021 . . October 10, 2020.
  6. News: Alton's Prospect League Team To Play At Lloyd Hopkins Field . July 29, 2021 . pointstreaksites.com . Pointstreak Sites . February 18, 2020.
  7. News: Alton Prospect League Team on Tap for 2021 . July 29, 2021 . Ballpark Digest . August Publications . January 29, 2020.
  8. Web site: Gordon F. Moore Community Park . Great Rivers & Routes . Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau . July 29, 2021 . en-us . 2020.
  9. News: Brannan . Dan . A PROUD MOMENT: Alton workers put in herculean effort to redo historic Lloyd Hopkins Field . July 29, 2021 . RiverBender.com . August 5, 2015.

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