Monongalia County Ballpark
| Location |
2040 Gyorko Drive Morgantown, West Virginia 26501 |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 2,500+ |
| Record attendance |
3,110 (10 April 2015 vs. Butler[1] |
| Field size |
Foul Lines: 325 ft. Power Alleys: 375 ft. Center Field: 400 ft. |
| Surface | Astroturf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 17, 2013 |
| Opened | April 10, 2015 |
| Construction cost | US $21 Million |
| Tenants | |
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West Virginia Mountaineers (2015-present) West Virginia Black Bears (2015-present) | |
Monongalia County Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Granville, West Virginia. The stadium, opened April 10, 2015, is the home of the baseball team of West Virginia University (WVU), a member of the Big 12 Conference, and the West Virginia Black Bears of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League.
Construction
Plans were announced to build a new stadium for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team in 2013.[2] Ground was broken for the new ballpark at University Town Centre, an off-campus shopping and entertainment complex in Granville, adjacent to WVU's home city of Morgantown, on October 17, 2013. The ballpark will be a fan friendly design with 2,500 fixed seats with additional hillside and club seating, a fan amenity deck, and a park that will be open year-round.[3] The field will be a synthetic surface, other than the clay pitcher's mound.[4] In August 2014, the Jamestown Jammers of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League, a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, announced that they would move to West Virginia, taking the name "West Virginia Black Bears", and use Monongalia County Ballpark as their home stadium.[5][6]
As a result of inclement weather in February 2015, the scheduled opening of the stadium was pushed back to April 10, 2015.[7][8]
References
- ↑ http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?story=27852&cat=exclusives
- ↑ "WVU Board Approves Land Buy for Baseball Stadium". WBOY-TV. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ↑ "New Ballpark". West Virginia Mountaineers.
- ↑ Grant Dovey (August 21, 2014). "New Ballpark Construction Update". wvusports. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ↑ Vingle, Mitch. Morgantown lands NY-Penn League baseball team. Charleston Gazette. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ↑ "New NYPL club to be called the Black Bears - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Inclement weather delays scheduled WVU ballpark opening". Beckley Register-Herald. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Charleston Daily Mail - Wind, outfield walls among quirks of Monongalia County Ballpark". charlestondailymail.com. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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