Coastal Federal Field

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Coastal Federal Field is the home field of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a minor league baseball team in the Carolina League.

The stadium is off Highway 17 in Myrtle Beach and opened in 1999. It seats 4,875 people.

It is the start and finish point of the annual Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon, an athletics event held in February of each year.

"The Fed" is also home of the annual Baseball At The Beach collegiate baseball tournament. Each year, the tournament plays host to some of the best NCAA Division I baseball programs in the country. A perennial invitee to play in the tournament is Coastal Carolina University, which is located just a few miles away in nearby Conway, South Carolina. The 2006 tournament field will include Coastal Carolina University, Georgia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University and The University of Tennessee.