GCS Ballpark

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = GCS Ballpark


location = 2301 Grizzlie Bear Blvd. Sauget, IL 62206
opened = 2002
owner = GCS Federal Credit Union
surface = Grass
architect = Kuhlmann Design Group
tenants = Gateway Grizzlies
seating_capacity = 6,000 | dimensions = Left Field - 318
Center Field - 385
Right Field - 301

GCS Ballpark is a minor league baseball facility in Sauget, Illinois (a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri), that serves as the home ballpark for the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. The Grizzlies' ballpark was built in time for the start of the 2002 season, under the original name of GMC Stadium. GCS Ballpark features reserved box seating, lawn seating, party suites, two hot tubs and a section of bleacher seating. With the bleacher section added in 2004, the stadium's capacity has increased to 6,000 fans. In 2004, the Grizzlies became the first team in Frontier League history to draw over 200,000 fans for a season, finishing with a league best 217,500.

GCS Ballpark will host the 2008 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship, which is scheduled for May 24 through May 31. [http://www.siue.edu/ATHLETIC/BB/2008/NCAA] The stadium also serves as the host for the annual wood-bat college baseball game between the Billikens of Saint Louis University and the Salukis of Southern Illinois University.

GCS Ballpark sells a unique food item called "Baseball's Best Burger", a variant of the Luther Burger. It consists of a bacon cheeseburger with a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut used as a bun. [ [http://www.gatewaygrizzlies.com/news/?id=2723 Baseball's Best Burger] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.gatewaygrizzlies.com/stadium/ Official stadium webpage]