UNCG Baseball Stadium | |
Fullname: | University of North Carolina at Greensboro Baseball Stadium |
Location: | 1509 Walker Ave, Greensboro, NC 27412. |
Built: | 1999 |
Opened: | February 12, 1999 |
Renovated: | 2008 |
Owner: | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Surface: | Natural grass |
Scoreboard: | Electronic |
Cost: | $5.4 million |
Capacity: | 3,500 (889 permanent seats) |
Acreage: | 13acres |
Tenants: | UNC Greensboro Spartans baseball (NCAA DI SoCon) (1999–present) |
The UNCG Baseball Stadium is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The stadium is home to the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) Spartans college baseball team, which is a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). It has a capacity of 3,500 spectators and opened in 1999.[1]
The first game at the UNCG Baseball Stadium was played on February 12, 1999,[2] in front of 1,835 spectators.
The UNCG Baseball Stadium encompasses 10000square feet of space on approximately 13acres of land. It cost $5.4 million to build.
The stadium includes a press box, PA system, concessions, offices, lights, a drainage system, dugouts, and a scoreboard. The venue has 889 permanent seats and additional berm seating, which sums to a seating capacity of approximately 3,500.
In 2006, a new scoreboard with a videoboard to show live statistics during games was installed.
In 2012, John Manuel of Baseball America called the stadium "one of the best mid-major ballparks in the Southeast."[3] In the same year, writer Eric Sorenson ranked the stadium the second best small venue in Division I baseball.[4]