Infinity Insurance Park Explained

Stadium Name:FIU Baseball Stadium
Location:Westchester
11200 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199
Broke Ground:1995
Opened:January 26, 1996
Renovated:2001, 2003, 2007
Owner:Florida International University
Operator:Florida International University
Surface:Grass
Construction Cost:$3.5 million USD
Former Names:University Park Stadium, Infinity Insurance Park
Tenants:FIU Panthers (NCAA) (1996–Present)
Seating Capacity:2,000 (capacity)
2,473 (largest crowd)
Dimensions:Left Field - 325 ft
Left-Center - 375 ft
Center Field - 400 ft
Right-Center - 375 ft
Right Field - 325 ft

FIU Baseball Stadium, formerly known as University Park Stadium and Infinity Insurance Park, is a baseball stadium located on the campus of Florida International University in Westchester, Florida, United States. It is the home venue of the FIU Panthers college baseball team of the Division I Conference USA. The facility opened on January 26, 1996, with a 1–0 FIU victory against Bethune-Cookman and was built on the same site as its predecessor, which had stood since 1965 (albeit with a slightly differently angled field configuration).[1] All-American Evan W. Thomas threw a complete game shutout.FIU Baseball Stadium has a seating capacity of 2,000 people. The largest crowd in the stadium's history was 2,473 on February 26, 2002, when FIU defeated their cross-town rivals the Miami Hurricanes 7–1.[2]

The team spent the 2005 season at the Homestead Sports Complex in Homestead while FIU Baseball Stadium underwent an expansion. In 2005, the facility hosted the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament.

In 2018 Infinity Insurance acquired the naming rights for the stadium, but did not renew those rights the following year, reverting the name back to FIU Baseball Stadium.[3]

See also

References

  1. http://www.fiusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11700&KEY=&ATCLID=559523 Facilities
  2. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F18E8A9A6155AD2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Archives & Research Center
  3. Web site: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND: FIU continues its winning ways against Miami, 5-3, in its newly-named ballpark.

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