Recreation Park (Visalia)
Recreation Ballpark is a minor league baseball stadium in Visalia, California. It currently serves as the home to the Visalia Rawhide of the California League. The Rawhide is an Advanced-A minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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| Location | 300 North Giddings Street Visalia, CA 93291 |
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| Coordinates | 36°19′57″N 119°18′17″W |
| Owner | City of Visalia |
| Operator | Visalia Rawhide Baseball Club |
| Capacity | 2,468 (1,888 permanent stadium seats) |
| Field size | Left Field - 320 ft Left-Center Power Alley - 365 ft Center Field - 405 ft Right-Center Power Alley - 365 ft Right Field - 320 ft Backstop - 50 ft |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1946 |
| Opened | April 1946 |
| Renovated | 1967, 2002, 2009 |
| Construction cost | $50,000 ($656 thousand in 2019 dollars[1]) $11.6 million (renovations) |
| Architect | Fehlman & LeBarre (renovations) |
| Tenants | |
| Visalia Rawhide (2009–present) | |
With only 1,888 seats, plus capacity for another 580 fans on a lawn, it is the smallest MLB-affiliated ballpark.[2]
The ballpark was built by the city of Visalia in 1946. In 2003, the stadium began a six-year renovation and expansion that added a grandstand and more seats on the third-base side.
From 2014 to 2018, Recreation Park hosted Divisions I-VI of the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Baseball Championships before relocating in 2019 to Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium at California State University - Fresno.[3]
References
- Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- Yeager, Joshua. "Visalia to pay $3.6M over 10 years to keep Rawhide at Recreation Ballpark. Are they worth it?". Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- "Recreation Ballpark". Minor League Baseball. October 15, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
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