Foster Field

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Foster Field
Location	San Angelo, Texas
Broke ground	1999
Opened	2000
Owner
Operator	San Angelo Colts
Surface	Natural grass
Construction cost	$3 million
Former names	Colts Stadium
Tenants	San Angelo Colts 2000- Angelo State baseball 2000-
Capacity	4,200
Field dimensions	Left field - 325 ft Center field - 390 ft Right field - 325 ft

Foster Field is a baseball stadium in San Angelo, Texas. It was built in 2000 for the independent San Angelo Colts of the now-defunct Texas-Louisiana League. The Colts now play in United League Baseball and are still the primary tenants. The stadium is located on land owned by Angelo State University, and the Ram baseball team also plays in the facility. The stadium can seat 4,200 fans.

Foster Field, originally named Colts Stadium, cost $3 million dollars to construct and was built by Jim Anglea, the former head groundskeeper for the Ballpark at Arlington. It was named after Walton A. Foster, a radio and television pioneer who also served as the radio broadcaster for the original Colts franchise in the 1950s.

The field features 4,200 permanent seats, a Triple-A lighting system, and a Daktronics inning-by-inning scoreboard with video display. In addition, the facility has a large press box area, major-league style dugouts and a complete training and locker room facility. The field also has state-of-the-art bullpens and batting cages for practice and warmup. There are also concession and restroom areas and special clubhouse-style seating areas for entertaining corporate sponsors located on either side of the press box.

The field is covered by Tif 419 grass, an elite grass designed and genetically-engineered especially for ballparks. The field dimensions are 325 down the lines, 370 to the gaps and 395 to deep center.