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]
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]
The Organizers set a few benchmarks for selecting the venue.[6]
Hamilton[6] and Vaughan[7] considered bidding, but ultimately chose not to.