Champion Window Field

Coordinates: 38°58′56″N 84°38′19″W / 38.982156°N 84.638479°W / 38.982156; -84.638479

Champion Window Field
Location	7950 Freedom Way Florence, KY 41042
Opened	2004
Capacity	4,500
Tenants
Florence Freedom (2004-present)

Champion Window Field is a stadium in Florence, Kentucky. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Florence Freedom independent league baseball team of the Frontier League. It originally opened in 2004 and holds 4,500 people.^[1]

2004 Ownership Scandal

In July 2004, shortly after the opening of Champion Window Field, contractors began filing liens against the Florence Freedom, accusing the team of not paying for work done on the stadium. Eventually, 33 liens totaling $4.7 million were filed. In August, Fifth Third Bank sued team part-owner Chuck Hildebrandt for failing to repay multiple loans taken out to finance the stadium construction. As part of the lawsuit, it was revealed that Hildebrandt had used 204 acres (0.83 km²) of land that he did not own as collateral for the loans, and that he had given the bank a forged document as proof of ownership.^[2] Hildebrandt was later the subject of a federal white collar crime investigation and sentenced to prison in October 2005.^[3] The team was sold in November 2004 to a new ownership group led by Clint Brown, who was not associated with Hildebrandt's ownership group.^[4]

Freedom attendance

Season	Total Attendance
2004[5]	68,250
2005[5]	94,191
2006[5]	89,969
2007[5]	99,333
2008[5]	106,707
2009[6]	102,086
6-year Total	560,536

References

1. ^ Champion Window Field at ballparkreviews.com, URL accessed October 18, 2009. Archived 10/18/09
2. ^ Family suing Freedom owner - 'Cincinnati Enquirer', Sept. 14, 2004 Archived 12/31/09
3. ^ October 24, 2005 at fraudblogger.com Archived 12/31/09
4. ^ Florence Freedom has a deal - Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. 3, 2004 Archived 12/31/09
5. ^ ^{a b c d e} Florence Freedom at flhistory.com, URL accessed January 1, 2009. Archived 12/31/09
6. ^ Attendance Report at frontierleague.com, URL accessed January 1, 2009. Archived 1/1/10

Events and tenants
Preceded by Bosse Field	Host of the FL All-Star Game Champion Window Field 2007	Succeeded by Wuerfel Park