- Wuerfel Park
Infobox_Baseball_Stadium
stadium_name = Wuerfel Park
nickname =
location = 333 Stadium Drive
Traverse City, MI 49684
broke_ground = 2004
opened = May 24, 2006
closed =
demolished =
owner = Wuerfel Sports Development, LLC
operator =
construction_cost = $6 million
architect = William C. Fuller
tenants =Traverse City Beach Bums (2005-present)
seating_capacity = 3,518; expandable to 4,200
dimensions = Left: 320 feet (97.5 m)Left Center: 390 feet (118.9 m)
Center: 400 feet (121.9 m)
Right Center: 390 feet (118.9 m)
Right: 320 feet (97.5 m)
Wuerfel Park is a 3,518-seat baseball-only stadium in
Blair Township, Michigan , USA, that hosted its first regular season baseball game in May 24, 2006, as the tenants of the facility, theTraverse City Beach Bums , took on theKalamazoo Kings . It was built as a new home of the Beach Bums baseball team, the first in Traverse City in 93 years. The ballpark is located on a 26 acre site adjacent from the Chums Village commerce park, three miles (5 km) south of Traverse City near the intersection of US 31 and M-37.The groundbreaking for Wuerfel Park took place in late 2004 and was completed in time for the Beach Bums' inaugural 2006 season. The ballpark's façade resembles that of a resort hotel, a feature unique to baseball stadium architecture. John and Leslye Wuerfel, owners of Wuerfel Resorts and of the Beach Bums, designed Wuerfel Park to reference the region's resort industry and to their own type of business. [ [http://www.ballparkdigest.com/visits/traverse_city.htm About Wuerfel Park] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.traversecitybeachbums.com/tickets/directions.php Wuerfel Park]
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