Holloway Field
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Location | Spencer Park, Market Street, Newmarket, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | Google Map |
Opened | May 10, 1964 |
Renovated | 1982, 1984 |
Expanded | 1986 |
Owner | Queensland Government |
Surface | Grass |
Former names | Spencer Park |
Tenants | Windsor Royals Netherlands National Baseball Team Claxton Shield |
Capacity | 1,500 |
Field dimensions | Left Field – 316 ft (96 m) Center Field – 380 ft (115 m) Right Field – 322 ft (98 m) |
Holloway Field is home to the baseball club, Windsor Royals in Newmarket, Queensland and is regarded as the home of baseball in Brisbane currently. It is a fully fenced and regulation size field with covered sunken dugouts, 2 bullpens, 2 battery cages, 2 officials' boxes, a scorers box and seating for 1500, floodlighting was also added on September 24, 1982 and a sprinkler system two years later. It is currently the training camp of the Netherlands national baseball team and has hosted a variety of international baseball matches, including the World Master Games.
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