Blair Field

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Blair Field is a stadium in Long Beach, California. It originally opened in 1956 and is primarily used for baseball. It holds 3,238 people. It is named for Frank Blair, the sports editor for the Long Beach Press-Telegram newspaper for 32 years.^[1]

Located in Recreation Park, it was constructed in 1958 and over the years has fostered local amateur baseball and hosted Moore League High School Football teams, and American Legion and Connie Mack seasons. The Chicago Cubs baseball team, the Los Angeles Rams football team and Olympic teams have used the site for practice or exhibition games.

It is the home of the California State University, Long Beach 49er baseball team, the Dirtbags, and the Golden Baseball League team, the Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska.

In 1992, $1.475 million was spent to renovate the 3,238-seat facility. New spectator seating, field lights, a playing field with state-of-the-art drainage system, and turf which exceeds professional baseball standards were installed. Additional improvements, including 774 new box seats and a new scoreboard, were made in 1999.^[2]

Blair Field has been host of six MTV Rock & Jock softball games. It has also has been the filming location for numerous film, TV and commercial productions.