Vince Genna Stadium

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Vince Genna Stadium

Looking east during a Elks game
Location SE 5th and Roosevelt Avenue
Bend, Oregon
Opened 1946
Expanded 2009
Owner Bend Metro Park and Recreation District
Operator Bend Elks
Surface Grass
Capacity 3,500
Field dimensions Left Field - 330 ft
Center Field - 390 ft
Right Field - 330 ft
Tenants
Bend Rainbows (NWL) (1970-1971)
Bend Timber Hawks (NWL) (1978)
Central Oregon Phillies (NWL) (1979-1980)
Bend Phillies (NWL) (1981-1986)
Bend Bucks (NWL) (1987-1991)
Bend Rockies (NWL) (1992-1994)
Bend Bandits (WBL) (1995-1998)
Bend Elks (WCL) (2000-present)

Vince Genna Stadium is a stadium in Bend, Oregon, which opened in 1946. It is primarily used for baseball, currently college summer baseball league games and area American Legion baseball games.

It was the longtime home of Bend minor league baseball teams playing in the Northwest League (most recently the Bend Bandits) and the Western Baseball League. It is currently the home of the Bend Elks in the collegiate summer West Coast League. It has a capacity of approximately 3,500.

In 1979, the Central Oregon Phillies paid the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District $9,500 for use of the ballpark for the season. In 1980, the team paid $9,700.[1] In 2008, the Bend Elks led the WCL in league and overall attendance, averaging 1,430 fans at Genna Stadium over 21 league home games.[2] In 2010 Genna Stadium continued to lead the WCL in total and league attendance, along with average game attendance; its record-setting total season attendance was over 50,000 people.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Phillies agree on 1980 pact for Genna use". The Bend Bulletin. April 2, 1980. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  2. ↑ Eastes, Beau (June 7, 2009). "Top Elk: The Bend Elks are back for their 10th season with a new head coach running the show". The Bend Bulletin. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  3. ↑ http://www.wccbl.com/news.php?p=News&a=100

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Coordinates: 44°02′37″N 121°17′59″W / 44.04361°N 121.29972°W / 44.04361; -121.29972


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