Ajax Sportsplex Explained

Stadium Name:Ajax Sportsplex
Nickname:Pan Am Ball Park
Location:1803-1843 Audley Road, Ajax, Ontario
Coordinates:43.9017°N -79.0083°W
Owner:Town of Ajax
Built:2013-2014
Opened:2015
Seating Capacity:(temporary) Two 5,000 seat stadiums
Two 1,200 seat stadiums (12,400 total)
Former Names:President's Choice Ajax Ballpark
Tenants:2015 Pan American Games
2017 North American Indigenous Games
Ajax Spartans Minor Baseball Association

The Ajax Sportsplex is a baseball and softball facility located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada that hosted the baseball and softball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1] During the games the venue was known as the President's Choice Ajax Ballpark.[2]

Description

The facility consists of four softball diamonds and two baseball diamonds at Taunton Road and Audley Road in north east Ajax.[3] Prior to the games the facility received 9 million dollars in upgrades to ensure it met World Baseball Softball Confederation standards, which included converting two soccer fields into a baseball diamond and the adjacent existing baseball diamond being rebuilt with new sod and clay.[4] During the games the Sportsplex housed four stadiums. Two premier fields had temporary seating for 5,000 each, with one being for baseball and one for softball and two competition fields had 1,200 seats each (one for each sport).[5]

Requirements

The Organizers set a few benchmarks for selecting the venue.[6]

Hamilton[6] and Vaughan[7] considered bidding, but ultimately chose not to.

See also

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130416010430/http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/gallery/news/town-of-ajax-confirms-baseballsoftball-venue.html Town of Ajax Confirms Baseball/Softball Venue
  2. Web site: Keith. Gilligan. What's the future for Sportsplex in Ajax? . DurhamRegion.com. Ajax. August 6, 2015. September 18, 2015.
  3. http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1402345--ajax-set-to-host-pan-am-ball-park Ajax set to host Pan Am Ball Park
  4. Web site: Ian. McMillan. Building Durham's field of dreams. DurhamRegion.com. Ajax. January 16, 2014. September 18, 2015.
  5. http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/the-games/venue-plan/ajax-pan-am-ballpark.html Ajax Pan Am Ballpark
  6. http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/D4F6BB79-2C0B-4F26-971D-FF8B5E57207B/0/Mar07Item511.pdf Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games Expression of interest--baseball/softball venue
  7. http://www.yorkregion.com/news/news/article/1312390 Vaughan considers kick at Pan Am 2015