AirHogs Stadium

Coordinates: 32°46′06″N 96°59′11″W / 32.768219°N 96.98635°W / 32.768219; -96.98635

AirHogs Stadium
Location 1600 Lonestar Pkwy
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
Owner City of Grand Prairie
Operator Grand Prairie Professional Baseball, LP
Capacity 5,445 Baseball(2008)
6,000+ Football (2009)
Field size Left Field - 330 ft (100.58 m)
Center Field - 397 ft (121.0 m)
Right Field - 330 ft (100.58 m)
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground May 31, 2007
Opened May 16, 2008
Construction cost $20 Million USD
($22 million in 2016 dollars[1])
Architect SPARKS Sports, a division of Crafton Tull Sparks
Tenants
Texas AirHogs (American Association) (2008-present)
Dallas Desire (LFL) (2009)

AirHogs Stadium is a stadium built in Grand Prairie, Texas for the American Association's Texas AirHogs. It is primarily used for baseball. The ballpark has a capacity of 5,445 people for baseball games and opened in May 2008.[2] In 2015 the city of Grand Prairie, Texas paid off the debt to build the stadium. In addition to baseball, the park plays host to various other concerts and events throughout the year. For a period of time, the stadium was known as QuikTrip Park due to the sponsorship by the convenience store chain.

Usage

Texas AirHogs

Main article: Texas AirHogs

The park was built for the Texas AirHogs of the American Association in 2007. They began play (as the Grand Prairie AirHogs) in May 2008 and finished their inaugural season with a final record of 56-40, also winning the Southern Division title before falling to the Sioux Falls Canaries in the finals. A few years later, they would win the 2011 American Association championship by winning a decisive game 5 at QuikTrip Park.

Dallas Desire

Main article: Dallas Desire

The Dallas Desire are one of two teams that were introduced to the women's Lingerie Football League (now Legends Football League) in 2004. They played two home games of their 2009 season in Grand Prairie. The team then moved to the Cotton Bowl for the 2010 season.

American Association All-Star Game

The Grand Prairie AirHogs hosted the 2009 American Association All-Star Game at their home field, the Ballpark in Grand Prairie, on July 21, 2009.

Other

Gallery

References

  1. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. "AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of Independent Professional Baseball". Americanassociationbaseball.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

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Events and tenants
Preceded by
Midway Stadium
Host of the AAB All-Star Game
QuikTrip Park

2009
Succeeded by
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
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