Regency Furniture Stadium
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| Regency Furniture Stadium | |
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| Location | Piney Church Road Waldorf, Maryland |
| Broke ground | 2006 |
| Opened | 2008 |
| Owner | Charles County, Maryland |
| Operator | Maryland Baseball; Southern Maryland Blue Crabs |
| Construction cost | $ million |
| Architect | Tetra Tech, Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (2008-present) | |
| Capacity | |
| 4,500 | |
| Dimensions | |
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Regency Furniture Stadium will be a 4,500-seat baseball-only stadium in Waldorf, Maryland, that will open in 2008. It is to be the home of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball team. With the groundbreaking for Southern Maryland's new stadium, a local company, Regency Furniture, purchased the naming rights for $2.88 million over 10 years.[1]
Regency Furniture Stadium will be capped by sloping red roofs designed to pay homage to the Southern Maryland region's tobacco barns.[2]
[edit] History
The ballpark was originally slated to be built in the town of Hughesville, but the residents voted against it in order to maintain the rural integrity of the area.[3] After Hughesville residents denied the ballpark, all interest shifted to the town of Waldorf.[4] The Atlantic League's formally announced an expansion team for Waldorf on February 15, 2006, to begin play in the 2008 season.[5] The Blue Crabs were originally supposed to be an expansion team for the 2007 season, but the construction bids for Regency Furniture Stadium came in over budget. The ballpark will now open in 2008.[6]
There are plans to have an athletic complex surrounding Regency Furniture Stadium, which will include adjoining fields for community use. Officials close to the action wish to name the athletic complex after former Maryland senator John Thomas Parran, Jr., but details have yet to be worked out.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Regency Furniture Purchases Naming Rights. Southern Maryland Professional Baseball. Retrieved on May 16, 2006.
- ^ Blue Crabs will play in 2008. Washington Post. Retrieved on December 14, 2006.
- ^ Baseball is Coming to Charles County. Washington Post. Retrieved on May 16, 2006.
- ^ Minor league baseball coming to Charles County. Washington Post. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ Atlantic League awards team to Southern Maryland. Southern Maryland Baseball. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ [2008.http://www.ydr.com/yorkbaseball/ci_4050605 Bids for Regency Furniture Stadium over budget]. York Daily Record. Retrieved on July 14, 2006.
- ^ John Thomas Parran, Jr. Athletic Complex. Southern Maryland News. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
[edit] External links
| Stadiums of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball |
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| North Division: The Ballpark at Harbor Yard • Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium • Citibank Park South Division: Campbell's Field • Clipper Magazine Stadium • Commerce Bank Ballpark • Sovereign Bank Stadium Future Stadiums: Regency Furniture Stadium |
