Haymarket Park

Coordinates: 40°49′22″N 96°42′50″W / 40.82279°N 96.71391°W / 40.82279; -96.71391

Haymarket Park

Location	Lincoln, Nebraska
Capacity	8,500
Field size	Left Field - 335 ft Left Center - 403 ft Center Field - 395 ft Right Center - 400 ft Right Field - 330 ft
Surface	Kentucky Bluegrass
Construction
Broke ground	April 12, 2000
Opened	June 1, 2001
Construction cost	$29.53 million (includes Bowlin Stadium) ($39.5 million in 2016 dollars[1])
Architect	Stan Meradith, DLR Group
Tenants
Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball (2002-present) Lincoln Saltdogs (2001-present)

Haymarket Park is a baseball and softball complex in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is half a mile west of the campus of the University of Nebraska in downtown Lincoln. It is named because of its location in Lincoln's historic Haymarket District.

Haymarket Park

Haymarket Park is the home field of the Lincoln Saltdogs and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. It seats about 4,500 people; an additional 4,000 people can sit on berms along the outfield walls. In 2013, the Cornhuskers ranked 19th in among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 2,864 per game.^[2]

Hawks Field is named for one of the primary donor families that contributed to the construction of the baseball stadium. It has a playground down the right field line. Hawks field is the first collegiate venue to use the SubAir system, which can heat and cool the field year round. For the Saltdogs, it's been selected as the "Best Playing Field" in each of its 13 years of existence (Northern League award, 2001-2005; American Association award, 2006-2013). In November 2007, Hawks Field won the Baseball Field of the Year Award in the College/University division by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the second time. The field earned its first honor in 2003 and is the only college park in the country to be a two-time winner.^[3]

In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the field as the fourth best big game atmosphere in Division I baseball.^[4]

The stadium replaced Buck Belzer Stadium, the Cornhuskers' on-campus baseball field.

Nebraska home records

Saltdogs home records

Hawks Field

Bowlin Stadium

Bowlin Stadium can accommodate up to 2,500 fans. It features 750 chairback seats and berm seating behind both dugouts and in the infield. There is also a two-level press box which provides seating for up to 25 members of the media. The press box also includes a media work room and three booths capable of accommodating radio and television representatives.

Like Hawks Field, Bowlin Stadium has a SubAir System.

Home records

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball venues

Sources

• Hawks Field
• Bowlin Stadium

References

1. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016. 
2. ↑ Cutler, Tami (June 11, 2013). "2013 Division I Baseball Attendance - Final Report". Sportswriters.net. NCBWA. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013. 
3. ↑ Hawks Field at Haymarket Park
4. ↑ Sorenson, Eric (5 October 2012). "Distiller's Dozen - The "Hey, Nice Stadium" Edition". CollegeBaseballToday.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.