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Las Vegas Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Summerlin South, Nevada in the Las Vegas Valley. It is the home field for the Las Vegas Aviators of the Pacific Coast League. The stadium is owned by the Howard Hughes Corporation.[9] Las Vegas Ballpark is located in Downtown Summerlin near the intersection of South Pavilion Center Drive and Summerlin Center Drive next to City National Arena and across the street from the Downtown Summerlin shopping center.[5] Construction of the $150 million stadium began in 2018 and was completed in time for the Aviators' 2019 season. It replaced the team's previous home at Cashman Field, where the team had resided since 1983.[5]

Las Vegas Ballpark

Address	1650 South Pavilion Center Drive
Location	Summerlin South, Nevada United States
Coordinates	36°09′08.2″N 115°19′45.9″W
Public transit	RTC Transit Downtown Summerlin Transit Facility
Owner	Howard Hughes Corporation
Operator	Las Vegas Aviators
Capacity	10,000
Record attendance	12,111 (May 14, 2019) Las Vegas Aviators vs. Tacoma Rainiers[1]
Field size	Left field: 340 ft (100 m) Left-center field: 380 ft (120 m) Center field: 415 ft (126 m) Right-center field: 380 ft (120 m) Right field: 340 ft (100 m)[2]
Acreage	7.65 acres (3.10 ha)[3]
Surface	Bandera Bermuda Grass
Construction
Broke ground	February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)
Opened	April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06)
Construction cost	US$150 million[2] ($159 million in 2021 dollars)[4]
Architect	HOK[5]
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti[6]
Services engineer	M–E Engineers, Inc.[7]
General contractor	Hunt/PENTA[8]
Tenants
Las Vegas Aviators (PCL/AAAW) 2019–present
Website
www.thelvballpark.com

History

Background

The decision to build a new stadium for the team, then known as the 51s, came on the back of many issues both the 51s and Minor League Baseball had with the team's previous stadium, Cashman Field. Considered state-of-the-art when it opened in 1983, it had fallen far behind the times. Players and staff criticized the facility noting poor conditions in the playing surface, bullpens, and clubhouse. The weight room was smaller when compared to other Triple-A stadiums, with infielder Ty Kelly calling it "basically just a room... not an actual weight room". The batting cage was also a point of concern for the players; it was a single lane and only accessible by walking out of the clubhouse to the parking lot. Johnny Monell described the cage as making him feel like he was "back in high school again," not one level below the major leagues.[10] During a 51s game on August 22, 2015, the stadium sewage system backed up, causing raw sewage to flow into the dugouts. The smell was so strong that players were forced to watch the rest of the game from chairs on the field.[10] Team president and chief operating officer Don Logan said, "It's disappointing that Vegas has the worst facility in our league when we have such a great town with the greatest hotels, the greatest dining, the greatest shopping. It's not becoming of this community to have a place like this."[10]

Pacific Coast League commissioner Branch Barrett Rickey expressed his concerns about the feasibility of the continuous usage of Cashman Field as a Triple-A ballpark. In a letter to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority which owned and operated the facility, he wrote that Cashman Field had long since reached the end of its useful life, and a number of MLB teams had opted to place their Triple-A teams "in far less appropriate markets" than Las Vegas. He added that Cashman Field needed "many tens of millions of dollars" to keep it at something approaching Triple-A standards, and even those would not have been enough to make it "an optimal long-term solution" as a Triple-A venue.[11] For much of the time since the San Diego Padres ended their 18-year affiliation with what was then known as the Las Vegas Stars in 2000, Las Vegas had been considered an affiliate of last resort for most MLB teams, something Las Vegas Ballpark sought to fix.

Approval and groundbreaking

In April 2013, the team was purchased by Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club LLC, a joint venture of Howard Hughes Corp. and Play Ball Owners Group, including investors Steve Mack, Bart Wear and Chris Kaempfer, with intentions of moving it to a new stadium in Summerlin. In October 2017, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved a 20-year, $80 million naming rights agreement to help pay for a new $150 million 10,000-seat ballpark.

The official groundbreaking was held on February 13, 2018.[12] By April 2018, excavation was 85 percent complete with nearby grading for parking lots about 90 percent complete.[13] By June 2018, it was on schedule to be completed before the 2019 season.[14]

Opening

Reservations for tickets began in July 2018.[15][16] The schedule was announced in August 2018, with the home opener on April 9, 2019.[17] On April 6, the stadium had a soft opening hosting a NIAA Sunset 4A Region high school baseball game between Palo Verde High School and Centennial.[18] The Aviators formally opened the ballpark with a 10–2 win against the Sacramento River Cats on April 9 before a sellout crowd of 11,036.[19][20] Las Vegas secured the win with a five-run second inning in which Skye Bolt scored the eventual winning run when he came home on a fielding error.[20] Aviators pitchers Chris Bassitt and Daniel Mengden combined to strikeout 14 Sacramento batters.[20] The first home run in ballpark history was hit by Zach Green of the Sacramento River Cats on April 11 in the top of the eighth inning. In the same game, Sean Murphy hit the first Aviators' home run in ballpark history in the bottom of the eighth inning.[21]

Amenities and layout

Las Vegas Ballpark includes 22 suites, 400 club-level seats and 350 party deck seats, a center field pool, kids' zone, and several bars.[22] The ballpark features 4Topps Premium Seating breathable mesh seats, with 8,200 seats installed it is the first stadium in sports history with all seats made from breathable mesh. The frames of these seats contain fiberglass, which has since delaminated causing skin irritation to some spectators.[23] The ballpark's total seating capacity is 10,000.[24] There is a concourse that wraps around the playing field. The field is recessed below the street-level concourse so it can be viewed from the entrances and seats.

Las Vegas Ballpark has the largest video board in minor league baseball at 3,930 square feet (365 m²). The Daktronics video board is 31 feet (9.4 m) high by 126 feet (38 m) wide and features a 13 HD pixel layout. There are LED ribbon boards installed on the facings of each side of the upper deck; these are used to display the inning, score, count, and advertisements. The stadium also has indoor batting cages, a weight room and a rehabilitation center. The bullpen for each team is in right field. The park dimensions are 340 feet (100 m) to right and left field, and 380 feet (120 m) to left-center and 415 feet (126 m) to center. The home run wall, with the exception of left field where the wall is 14 feet (4.3 m) high, is 10 feet (3.0 m) high.[25]

See also

• Allegiant Stadium, the home of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders and NCAA's UNLV Rebels football
• T-Mobile Arena, the home of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights
• Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area

References

External links

• Official website
• Las Vegas Aviators web site

Events and tenants
Preceded by Cashman Field	Home of the Las Vegas Aviators 2019 – present	Succeeded by Current

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[de] Las Vegas Ballpark

Der Las Vegas Ballpark ist ein Baseballstadion in Summerlin, Nevada im Las Vegas Valley. Es ist das Heimstadion der Las Vegas Aviators der Triple-A Pacific Coast League. Das Stadion befindet sich im Stadtzentrum von Summerlin neben der City National Arena. Der Bau des 150 Millionen Dollar teuren Stadions begann 2018 und wurde rechtzeitig zur Saison 2019 der Aviators abgeschlossen. Es ersetzte das bisherige Zuhause des Teams, das Cashman Field, wo das Team seit 1983 ansässig war.[1]

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- [en] Las Vegas Ballpark

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