Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium

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Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium
Location Boone, North Carolina 28608
Opened April 10, 2007
Owner Appalachian State University
Operator Appalachian State University
Surface FieldTurf
Tenants Appalachian State Mountaineers (NCAA)
Baseball (2007-present)
Capacity 2,000
Field dimensions 330 feet (LF/RF)
370 feet (LC/RC)
400 feet (CF)

Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium is a baseball stadium in Boone, North Carolina, that is home to the Appalachian State baseball program. The stadium was dedicated on April 10, 2007 with the Mountaineers claiming a 6-1 victory over Gardner-Webb.[1] Appalachian selected FieldTurf as the playing surface for the new stadium, joining a select group of NCAA Division I and MLB programs to use the mix of silica sand and cryogenic rubber to emulate natural grass.[2]

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  1. ^ Home of Mountaineer Baseball. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
  2. ^ FieldTurf Tarkett (2007-01-07). FieldTurf Adds Appalachian State to Rapidly-Expanding Baseball Family. PrimeNewswire. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.

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