Vincent–Beck Stadium

Vincent–Beck Stadium
Construction
The Beck

Former names	Cardinal Field (1969–1981)
Location	Jim Gilligan Way, Beaumont, TX 77705
Coordinates	30°02′05.8″N 94°04′30″W / 30.034944°N 94.07500°W / 30.034944; -94.07500Coordinates: 30°02′05.8″N 94°04′30″W / 30.034944°N 94.07500°W / 30.034944; -94.07500
Public transit	(BMT) Virginia and Rolfe Christopher
Owner	Lamar University
Operator	Lamar University
Seating type	7002700000000000000♠700 chairback seats 7003280000000000000♠2,800 bleacher seats
Capacity	7003350000000000000♠3,500
Record attendance	3,416 vs Texas A&M (March 16, 2004)^[1] Attendance only available from 1991 season forward
Field size	Left Field: 325 ft (99 m) Left Center: 370 ft (113 m) Center Field: 380 ft (116 m) Right Center (370 ft (113 m) Right Field: 325 ft (99 m)
Field shape	Symmetrical
Surface	Infield - Olympia Turf^[2] Outfield - Natural Grass
Scoreboard	Electronic with video screen
Opened	1969 (1969)
Renovated	Minor Renovations: 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, Major Renovations: 2006, 2010
Expanded	1981, 1982 (1982) - 1983 (1983) (seats added for Beaumont Golden Gators minor league team)
Tenants
Lamar Cardinals (NCAA) (1969–present) Beaumont Golden Gators (TL) (1983–1986) Beaumont Bullfrogs (CBL) (1994)

Vincent–Beck Stadium (formerly Cardinal Field) is a ballpark located in Beaumont, Texas on Jim Gilligan Way on the campus of Lamar University. The stadium was built in 1969 and has a current capacity of 3,500 spectators. It is the home stadium of the Lamar Cardinals baseball team. It was also home to the Beaumont Golden Gators, a minor league Double-A Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres (1983-1986) as well as the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Central Baseball League (1994). The facility is named after former Major League Baseball coach Al Vincent and Bryan Beck, a former member of the Lamar University board of regents.

The ballpark hosted the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament in 1993 and the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament in 2001, 2002, and 2006.^[3]

As the 2015 season began, the Cardinals had a 900-436-4 win/loss record at Vincent-Beck Stadium for a 67.3% winning record.^[4]

The stadium has been expanded several times and has had numerous renovations over its existence.

Features

The stadium includes the following:

Lighting for night games
Twenty foot tall batter's eye in center field
Three foot brick wall extending from dugout to dugout behind home plate
Dugouts
Pressbox with two radio broadcast booths and additional media working space
700 chairback seats and total permanent capacity of 3,500
Locker Rooms including 35 custom built oak lockers
Players Lounge
All weather batting cages
9,600 sq ft Indoor Practice Facility^[5]

Recovery from Hurricane Rita

Vincent–Beck Stadium was severely damaged by Hurricane Rita in 2005. The following repairs and enhancements were made to the stadium before and during the 2006 baseball season.^[6]

Replace press box - press box had been blown off its supports and was damaged
Replace outfield fences - Fences were blown down
Replace field lights
Replace score board - new scoreboard was an enhancement and included a small video board
Replace seats

On January 9, 2007, the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Lamar University $1.1 million to help with the uninsured portion of the loss.^[7]

Attendance

Source: ^[8]

Top ten attendance

Date	Opponent	Attendance
Top Ten Single Game Crowds
April 16, 2004	Texas A&M	3,416
1998	Western Kentucky	3,306
1994	LSU	3,079
1992	Texas	2,523
April 8, 2009	Rice	1,845
March 22, 2011	Rice	1,827
1999	Rice	1,820
1993	Arkansas State	1,706
1996	Texas A&M	1,648
2000	Rice	1,628

Note: Attendance is limited to 1991 season forward. Attendance is not available for earlier seasons.

Yearly attendance

Below is a list of the attendance by year from the 1991 season forward.
Source: ^[8]

Season	Average	High	High Opponent
Yearly Attendance
2015	724	1,032	Illinois, New Mexico State
2014	763	1,252	New Orleans
2013	645	1,039	Nicholls
2012	820	1,727	Rice
2011	856	1,827	Rice
2010	526	1,113	Rice
2009	515	1,845	Rice
2008	450	706	Louisiana–Lafayette
2007	484	1,312	Rice
2006	548	1,054	Texas A&M
2005	641	1,564	Rice
2004	696	3,416	Texas A&M
2003	599	1,549	Texas–Arlington
2002	497	1,262	McNeese State
2001		1,479	Texas–Arlington
2000		1,628	Rice
1999		1,820	Rice
1998		3,306	Western Kentucky
1997		1,103	Rice
1996		1,648	Texas A&M
1995		832	Texas State
1994		3,079	LSU
1993		1,706	Arkansas State
1992		2,523	Texas
1991		1,134	Sam Houston State

As of the 2015 season.

Photo Gallery

Views from Vincent-Beck Stadium

Infield and batter's cage

Chair back seating

Vincent-Beck Stadium infield and outfield from the right field seats

Playing field from the right field seats

Vincent-Beck Stadium scoreboard

Playing field from the left field seats

Looking toward the press box

Ramp to left field line deck

Picnic area along the left field line

Championship honors board at the stadium

9,600 sq ft indoor training facility

References

↑ "Texas A&M 2003-04 Baseball Game Results and Lamar 2003-04 Baseball Game Results". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
↑ "Vincent-Beck Olympia Turf Project Completed". Lamar University Department of Athletics. February 19, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
↑ http://www.lamarcardinals.com/facilities/vincent-beck-stadium.html
↑ "Lamar Cardinal Baseball (Games 1-4)" (PDF). Lamar University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 14, 2015. The Cards hold an impressive 900-436-4 record within its walls, winning 67 percent of the games played at home.
↑ "LAMAR'S STRAIT BASEBALL TRAINING FACILITY NOW COMPLETE". Lamar University Department of Athletics. November 10, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
↑ http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/020906aaa.html
↑ http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2007/01/09/fema-awards-another-51-million-rita-disaster-aid-texas
1 2 "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA.org. Retrieved April 29, 2015.

External links

Facility information

Lamar University

Academics	College of Business College of Arts and Sciences College of Education and Human Development College of Fine Arts and Communication College of Engineering TALH College of Graduate Studies

Athletics	Southland Conference Big Red Football Basketball (M) Basketball (W) Baseball Golf Track Volleyball Softball Facilities Provost Umphrey Stadium Montagne Center Vincent-Beck Stadium McDonald Gym Lamar Softball Complex

Campus	Setzer Student Center Mary and John Gray Library The Quad Sheila Umphrey Center Cardinal Village Dishman Art Museum Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum

Student life	University Press Beaumont, Texas KVLU Students Downtown Beaumont

Misc.	List of Lamar University alumni History of Lamar University

Baseball venues of the Southland Conference

Crutcher Scott Field (Abilene Christian)
Bear Stadium (Central Arkansas)
Sullivan Field (Incarnate Word)
Husky Field (Houston Baptist)
Vincent–Beck Stadium (Lamar)
Cowboy Diamond (McNeese State)
Maestri Field at Privateer Park (New Orleans)
Ray E. Didier Field (Nicholls State)
H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field (Northwestern State)
Don Sanders Stadium (Sam Houston State)
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field (Southeastern Louisiana)
Jaycees Field (Stephen F. Austin)
Chapman Field - Primary (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
Whataburger Field - Secondary (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

NCAA Division I college baseball venues in Texas

The American	Schroeder Park (Houston)

Big 12	Baylor Ballpark (Baylor) Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park (Texas Tech) Lupton Stadium (TCU) UFCU Disch–Falk Field (Texas)

C-USA	Reckling Park (Rice) Roadrunner Field (UTSA)

MVC	Horner Ballpark (Dallas Baptist)

SEC	Olsen Field (Texas A&M)

SLC	Chapman Field - Primary venue (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi) Crutcher Scott Field (Abilene Christian) Don Sanders Stadium (Sam Houston State) Husky Field (Houston Baptist) Jaycees Field (Stephen F. Austin) Sullivan Field (Incarnate Word) Vincent–Beck Stadium (Lamar) Whataburger Field - Secondary venue (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

SWAC	MacGregor Park (Texas Southern) Tankersley Field (Prairie View A&M)

Sun Belt	Bobcat Ballpark (Texas State) Clay Gould Ballpark (Texas–Arlington)

WAC	Edinburg Stadium (UTRGV)

City of Beaumont

Counties	Jefferson Orange Hardin

Businesses	ExxonMobil Jason's Deli City of Beaumont Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Port of Beaumont Entergy Conn's Ohmstede Limited

Education	Higher education: Lamar University Lamar Institute of Technology Primary and secondary education: Beaumont Independent School District West Brook High School

Community events and culture	Downtown Beaumont South Texas State Fair Symphony of Southeast Texas Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest Boomtown Film and Music Festival Crockett Street Dog Jam Babe Didrikson Zaharias Gusher Marathon People From Beaumont

Landmarks	Montagne Center Vincent–Beck Stadium Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont Civic Center Ford Park Hotel Beaumont Julie Rogers Theater Spindletop Tyrrell Historical Library Jefferson Theatre Beaumont Commercial District

Parks and preserves	Beaumont Botanical Gardens Beaumont Country Club Big Thicket National Preserve Tyrrell Park and Cattail Marsh Village Creek State Park McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges Sea Rim State Park

Bodies of water	Neches River Sabine River Village Creek Pine Island Bayou Gulf of Mexico

Museums	Art Museum of Southeast Texas Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum Beaumont Art League Beaumont Children's Museum Beaumont Police Department Museum Chambers House Clifton Steamboat Museum Dishman Art Museum Edison Museum Fire Museum of Texas John Jay French House Jefferson County Historical Commission Mini-Museum McFaddin-Ward House Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum Texas Energy Museum List of museums in East Texas

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