Shepherd Stadium | |
Nickname: | The Ballpark |
Address: | 901 Meridian Ave. |
City: | Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834 |
Owner: | City of Colonial Heights |
Dimensions: | Left field: 330feet Center field: 374feet Right field: 330feet[1] |
Surface: | Grass |
Renovated: | 2013-2018 |
Tenants: | Tri-City Chili Peppers (CPL) 2020-present American Legion Post 284, 1960-present Colonial Heights-Petersburg Colts (PL) 1954 Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals (VL) 1951 |
Shepherd Stadium is a baseball stadium in Colonial Heights, Virginia which is home to the Tri-City Chili Peppers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League. Shepherd Stadium also hosts American Legion Post 284 baseball, the annual Optimist Club Boys' Invitational Baseball Tournament, Colonial Heights High School baseball, and city Rec and Parks youth baseball and softball programs.[2] The stadium was built in 1948 and named for Mayor Fred R. Shepherd in 1951.[3] A five-year renovation project was concluded in 2018.