Classic Park

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Classic Park is a stadium in Eastlake, Ohio, in suburban Cleveland. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Lake County Captains minor league baseball team. It was built in 2003 at a cost of $20 million and holds 7,273 people.

Although not immediately apparent to non-locals, the stadium bears a corporate name. The naming rights were purchased by Classic Automotive Group, a large Cleveland-area chain of auto dealerships owned by Jim Brown.

In order to construct Classic Park, Eastlake, Ohio assumed $1 million in debt. This debt necessitated cuts in public services, including the firing of five police officers and a reduction in the scope of police services.^[1]

[edit] External links

• About Classic Park
• Classic Park Views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues

[edit] References

1. ^ "Eastlake Makes Changes To Pay Off Debt", NewsNet5.com, posted June 29, 2006, accessed June 29, 2006.