Recreation Park (Visalia)

Recreation Ballpark
Rec Park
Location 300 North Giddings Street
Visalia, CA 93291
Coordinates 36°19′57″N 119°18′17″W / 36.33250°N 119.30472°W / 36.33250; -119.30472Coordinates: 36°19′57″N 119°18′17″W / 36.33250°N 119.30472°W / 36.33250; -119.30472
Owner City of Visalia
Operator Visalia Rawhide Baseball Club
Capacity 2,468 (1,888 permanent stadium seats)
Field size Left Field - 320 ft
Left-Center Power Alley - 365 ft
Center Field - 405 ft
Right-Center Power Alley - 365 ft
Right Field - 320 ft
Backstop - 50 ft
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground 1946
Opened April 1946
Renovated 1967, 2002, 2009
Construction cost $50,000
($607 thousand in 2016 dollars[1])
$11.6 million (renovations)
Architect Fehlman & LeBarre (renovations)
Tenants
Visalia Rawhide (2009–present)

Recreation Ballpark is a minor league baseball park in Visalia, California. With only 1,888 seats (2,468 capacity with 'pasture' grass lawn), it is the smallest MLB affiliated ballpark in the United States.

Renovations

The ballpark underwent its most extensive renovation in 2003 since its construction in 1946. The renovation was completed in 2009 and included an expanded seating on the third base side and an all new grandstand. The ballpark currently serves as the home to the Visalia Rawhide of the California League. The Rawhide is an Advanced-A minor league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The City of Visalia completed the multimillion dollar renovation and expansion of Recreation Ballpark supported by a ten-year lease with the ballclub, the longest lease in franchise history, in 2009.[2]

References

  1. Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. "Recreation Ballpark". Minor League Baseball. October 15, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

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