- Haymarket Park
Haymarket Park is a
baseball andsoftball complex inLincoln, Nebraska . It is half a mile west of the campus in downtown Lincoln. It's named because of its location in Lincoln's historic Haymarket District.Hawks Field
Infobox_Baseball_Stadium
stadium_name = Hawks Field
nickname =
location =Lincoln, Nebraska
broke_ground =April 12 ,2000
opened =June 1 ,2001
closed =
demolished =
surface =Kentucky Bluegrass
construction_cost = $29.53 million
architect = Stan Meradith, DLR Group
former_names =
seating_capacity = 8,500
tenants =Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball (2002 present)
Lincoln Saltdogs (2001-present)
dimensions = Left Field - 335 ft
Left Center - 403 ft
Center Field - 395 ft
Right Center - 400 ft
Right Field - 330 ft
Haymarket Park is the home field of theLincoln Saltdogs and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. It seats about 4,500 people; an additional 4,000 people can sit onberm s along the outfield walls.Hawks Field is named for one of the primary donor families that contributed to the construction of the baseball stadium. It has a playground down the right field line. Hawks field is the first collegiate venue to use the SubAir system, which can heat and cool the field year round.Fact|date=May 2008 For the Saltdogs, it's been selected as the "Best Playing Field" in each of its eight years of existence (Northern League award, 2001-2005; American Association award, 2006-2008)..Fact|date=May 2008 In November 2007, Hawks Field won the Baseball Field of the Year Award in the College/University division by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the second time.Fact|date=May 2008 The field earned its first honor in 2003 and is the only college park in the country to be a two-time winner.Fact|date=May 2008
The stadium replaced Buck Belzer Stadium, the Cornhuskers' on-campus baseball field.
Husker Home Records
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* [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=409&SPID=33&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=717 Hawks Field]
* [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=410&SPID=34&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=2726 Bowlin Stadium]
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