Bowling Green Ballpark

Bowling Green Ballpark
A view of the ballpark from behind home plate
Bowling Green Ballpark is located in Kentucky
Bowling Green Ballpark
Bowling Green Ballpark
Location within Kentucky
Bowling Green Ballpark is located in the United States
Bowling Green Ballpark
Bowling Green Ballpark
Location within the United States
Location300 8th Avenue
Bowling Green, Kentucky
United States
Coordinates36°59′48.40″N 86°26′27.26″W / 36.9967778°N 86.4409056°W / 36.9967778; -86.4409056
OwnerWarren County Downtown Economic Development Authority
OperatorTriple Play, LLC.
Capacity4,559
Field size
Left field: 318 ft (97 m)
Center field: 400 ft (122 m)
Right field: 326 ft (99 m)
Construction
GroundbreakingJune 4, 2008
OpenedApril 17, 2009
Cost
$28 million
($42 million in 2025 dollars[1])
ArchitectDLR Group
Structural engineers
Haris Engineering, Inc.[2]
General contractor
Alliance Corporation[3]
Tenant
Bowling Green Hot Rods (SAL/MWL) 2009–present

Bowling Green Ballpark is a baseball park in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is the home of the Bowling Green Hot Rods, a Minor League Baseball of the South Atlantic League. The ballpark opened on April 17, 2009, and can seat 4,559 people.

The ballpark is occasionally used by the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers baseball team to host some games, such as their 2017 and 2019 games against the Kentucky Wildcats.[4][5][6]

History

Opening Day at Bowling Green Ballpark was held on April 17, 2009. The Bowling Green Hot Rods defeated the Kannapolis Intimidators, 8–4, with 6,886 people in attendance. It was the first professional baseball game in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 67 years. Many ceremonial first pitches were thrown, and the starting lineup of the Hot Rods were driven onto the field by locally owned vintage hot rods.

Features

Bowling Green Ballpark was designed by the architectural firm DLR Group. The right-centerfield wall is concave because of the shape of a pre-existing road behind the field. The scoreboard in right-centerfield measures 35-feet tall and 56-feet wide. It is capable of showing the score, video, advertisements, and player statistics. Embedded in the left field wall is a 6-foot, 3-inch tall by 68-foot wide LED display board, behind which is a picnic area. There are two grass lawn seating areas—one in left-center and one along the right field line. The kids' play area has an inflatable car, a carousel, and a playground. There is also a splash-pad behind the batter's eye in centerfield. The second level includes 10 suites, a bar, and a party deck.[7]

Other events

From May 23 to 27, 2012, the venue hosted the 2012 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament,[8] which was won by the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks.[9]

Several concerts have been held at the ballpark, including those by Florida Georgia Line, Nelly, Jake Owen, Ted Nugent, and Uncle Kracker.

References

  1. ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sports Projects". Haris Engineering. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  3. ↑ Knight, Graham. "Bowling Green Ballpark - Bowling Green Hot Rods". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky vs WKU (Mar 21, 2017)". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kentucky vs Western Kentucky (Mar 21, 2017)". University of Kentucky. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kentucky (21–20) -vs- Western Kentucky (18-20-1)". Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Seating Chart". Minor League Baseball. February 4, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ "2011-12 Championships". Sun Belt Conference. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  9. ↑ Bishop, Chad (May 27, 2012). "ULM Claims Sun Belt Conference Championship". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved May 27, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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