Mike Lansing Field Explained

Mike Lansing Field
Address:330 Kati Lane
City:Casper, Wyoming
Owner:City of Casper, Wyoming
Operator:City of Casper, Wyoming
Capacity:2,500
Dimensions:Left field: 355feet
Center field: 400feet
Right field: 345feet[1]
Surface:Grass
Cost:$1.77 Million
Tenants:Casper Ghosts (PL) 2001–2011
Casper Cutthroats (MCBL) 2012–2014
Casper Horseheads (ILB) 2018–2022
Casper Spuds (ILB) 2023–present
Casper Oilers (AmLeg) 2002–present

Mike Lansing Field is a stadium in Casper, Wyoming. It is primarily used for baseball. It was the home field of the Casper Ghosts minor league baseball team from 2002 to 2011, of the Casper Cutthroats summer-collegiate baseball team from 2012 to 2014,[2] and of the Casper Horseheads of Independence League Baseball from 2018 to 2022.[3] It is home to the Casper Oilers American Legion Baseball team, and the Casper Spuds of Independence League Baseball.[4] It was built in 2002 and holds 2,500 people. The field is named after Wyoming native and former Major League second baseman Mike Lansing. A career .271 hitter, Lansing played nine years in the majors for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox.

Lansing Field was one of the ten ballparks included in a 2010 USA Today article about "10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage", which noted the highly "intimate" character of the park due to its unusual combination of a small grandstand and surrounding "wide-open space" at its location on the banks of the North Platte River.[5] The ballpark's souvenir shop was known to visiting baseball fans for sales of the team's unusual glow-in-the-dark cap.[6] Mike Lansing Field replaced a sports complex/park known locally as Crossroads. It is located just south of the Casper Events Center across Poplar Street from the Casper Planetarium.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knight . Graham . Mike Lansing Field - Casper Ghosts . Baseball Pilgrimages . December 17, 2017 . August 4, 2009.
  2. News: Reichard . Kevin . Casper Cutthroats open season; will it be a short tenure? . Ballpark Digest . August Publications . July 27, 2022 . June 5, 2012.
  3. News: LaChance . Brendan . Casper Horseheads ceases operations after four seasons at Mike Lansing . December 22, 2022 . Oil City News . December 15, 2022.
  4. News: LaChance . Brendan . City Council welcomes 'Casper Spuds' collegiate summer baseball team to play at Mike Lansing . June 11, 2023 . Oil City News . January 18, 2023.
  5. News: 10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage . July 27, 2022 . . April 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026144943/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2010-04-01-minor-league-ballparks_N.htm . October 26, 2012.
  6. News: Matt . Nelson . Mike Lansing Field – Casper, Wyoming . July 27, 2022 . . August 24, 2011 . Cedar Rapids, Iowa.