Canal Park

:"This is an article for baseball stadium in Akron, Ohio. For tourist-oriented area in Duluth, Minnesota, see Canal Park (Duluth)."

Infobox_Baseball_Stadium
stadium_name = Canal Park
nickname =


broke_ground = January 5, 1996
opened = April 10, 1997
closed = N/A
demolished = N/A
owner = City of Akron
operator =
surface = Grass
construction_cost = US$31 million
architect = Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri
former_names = None
tenants = Akron Aeros (1997-present) (Eastern League (AA))
seating_capacity = 9,097
"expandable" to 12,500 [http://www.akronaeros.com/visit-facts.html]
dimensions = Left Field - 331 ft
Left Center - 376 ft
Center Field - 400 ft
Right Center - 375 ft
Right Field - 337 ft

Canal Park is a baseball stadium located in Akron, Ohio, United States, that is the home of the Akron Aeros of the Eastern League. The team is a double-A minor-league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport, the same architectural firm that designed Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field), the Indians' stadium that opened three years earlier. The stadium takes its name from its location adjacent to the Ohio and Erie Canal, which runs behind the left-field wall.

The stadium is designed as a single deck with the concourse at the top. All seats are sold for one price, regardless of number of rows from the field, except for right-field bleacher seating which is one dollar less. Seats extend all the way from one foul pole to the other (farther than most other parks at this level), and most sections contain 20 to 25 rows, although they taper to as little as five in the corners.

A series of 25 luxury boxes, and the press box, covers the concourse and the top few rows of seats from first base around to third base. The walkway down the right-field line is also covered, and contains a restaurant and the Aeros' team shop. A picnic berm in left field is available for pre-game rental by groups of 25 or more.

During the 2006 season, the Akron Aeros celebrated their 10th season in Canal Park with several events.

coreboard

In August 2006, the park completed the installation of a new 18'x25' digital scoreboard to replace the original board with light bulbs. The new board has full color animation capacity and features a four color matrix display. The $386,000 project was originally expected to be completed in early July. [http://www.akronaeros.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=2] . The entire scoreboard measures 56¼'x68' and is the largest free-standing scoreboard in minor league baseball.

"Source: 2006 Akron Aeros Media Guide"

External links

* [http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2001/Akron/Akron.htm Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues]