| Whitaker Bank Ballpark | |
|---|---|
| Former names | Applebee's Park |
| Location | 207 Legends Lane Lexington, KY 40505 |
| Broke ground | February 9, 2000[1] |
| Opened | April 9, 2001[2] |
| Owner | City of Lexington |
| Operator | Lexington Professional Baseball Company, LLC |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $13.5 million ($16.8 million in 2012 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Brisbin Brook Benyon Architects |
| General Contractor | H&M Company, Inc.[4] |
| Capacity | 6,994 |
| Field dimensions | Left Field: 320 feet Center Field: 401 feet Right Field: 318 feet |
| Tenants | |
| Lexington Legends (2001-present) | |
Whitaker Bank Ballpark is a stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Lexington Legends minor league baseball team.[5] It was built in 2001. It holds 6,500 people.[6] From 2001 until 2010, the stadium was named Applebee's Park. In January 2011, it was announced that the naming rights to the stadium had been bought by Whitaker Bank Corporation, and the stadium was renamed Whitaker Bank Ballpark.[7][8]
Whitaker Bank Ballpark is modeled after larger minor-league and major-league stadiums. It features the "Pepsi Party Deck" over the right field wall. This area is available to rent by groups. Along the first base line is the "Budweiser Pavilion," where fans can order beer and watch a game from an area of picnic tables. Behind home plate and accessible from the stadium's main entrance, the "Maker's Mark Club" restaurant caters to members and guests with passes. The third base line features a small but popular area for families to watch the games. This area includes a kids area with a carousel, bouncer and obstacle course. The bleachers, behind left field, holds more fans. There are two videoboards and one manual out-of-town scoreboard.[5]
The stadium's largest crowd to date came on June 6, 2006, when a standing-room-only crowd of over 9,300 was on hand to witness what the team dubbed "Rocket Relaunch" — Roger Clemens's first stop on his return to the Houston Astros.[9]
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