Kentucky Proud Park
Baseball park at the University of Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kentucky Proud Park is a baseball stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. It is the home field of the University of Kentucky Wildcats college baseball team. Opened in 2018, with the Wildcats playing their first season in the stadium in 2019, it has a permanent capacity of 2,500, with grass berm seating adding more than 1,500 to the total capacity. Temporary seating can be added to bring the capacity to 7,000 for NCAA tournament games.
Address | 510 Wildcat Court |
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Location | Lexington, Kentucky 40506 |
Owner | University of Kentucky |
Operator | University of Kentucky |
Type | Stadium |
Genre(s) | Baseball |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Field size | LF: 335 ft (102.1 m) LC: 375 ft (114.3 m) CF: 400 ft (121.9 m) RC: 365 ft (111.3 m) RF: 320 ft (97.5 m)[1] |
Surface | Artificial turf; AstroTurf Rootzone Diamond Blend |
Construction | |
Broke ground | March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) |
Built | 2018 |
Opened | February 26, 2019 (2019-02-26) |
Construction cost | $49 million |
Architect | HNTB RossTarrant Architects BallparkDesignAssociates, LLC |
Tenants | |
Kentucky Wildcats (NCAA) (2019–present) | |
Website | |
https://ukathletics.com/facilities/kentucky-proud-park/62 |
The replacement for Cliff Hagan Stadium, the park received its name in a deal between JMI Sports, which holds the multimedia rights for UK sports and also markets the naming rights to all Wildcats venues, and the Kentucky Farm Bureau, an organization promoting the interests of Kentucky farmers which is best known by the non-farming public for its insurance business. The Farm Bureau chose to donate its naming rights to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which uses "Kentucky Proud" as the brand for its marketing program for agricultural products made in the state.[2]
Kentucky opened up Kentucky Proud Park on February 26, 2019, with a 7–3 win over Eastern Kentucky in front of 4,074 fans.[3]