Municipal Stadium (Hagerstown)
- Municipal Stadium (Hagerstown)
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Municipal Stadium |
Location |
274 Memorial Boulevard East
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
United States |
Opened |
1931 |
Renovated |
1981 |
Owner |
City of Hagerstown |
Surface |
Grass |
Capacity |
4,600 |
Field dimensions |
Left Field: 335 ft
Center Field: 400 ft
Right Field: 330 ft |
Tenants |
Hagerstown Suns (1994-present) |
Municipal Stadium is a stadium in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Hagerstown Suns minor league baseball team. It was built in 1931 in a short time period of six weeks. It holds 4,600 people which is the smallest capacity in the league. In 2005 a movement arose to rename an adjacent street to honor Willie Mays, who played his first game at the park as a minor league rookie. The proposal, however, was shot down due to protests by various American war veterans groups who wanted to keep the original road name of Memorial Boulevard. The affair was covered by ESPN on its Outside the Lines program.
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Coordinates: 39°37′58″N 77°42′45″W / 39.63278°N 77.7125°W / 39.63278; -77.7125
Categories: - South Atlantic League ballparks
- Baseball venues in Maryland
- Minor league baseball venues
- Southern United States sports venue stubs
- Maryland building and structure stubs
- Sports venues in Maryland
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