Fifth Third Field (Toledo)

Fifth Third Field (Toledo)

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stadium_name = Fifth Third Field
nickname =


location = 406 Washington St
Toledo, OH 43604
broke_ground =
opened = 2002
closed =
demolished =
owner =
operator =
surface = Natural Grass
construction_cost =
architect =
former_names =
tenants = Toledo Mud Hens (International League)
(2002 — Present)
seating_capacity = 10,300 people
dimensions = Left Field - 320 ft
Center Field - 400 ft
Right Field - 320 ft

Fifth Third Field is the name of a minor league baseball stadium in Toledo, Ohio. The Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank purchased the naming rights to the stadium. It is not to be confused with another stadium in Ohio with the same name, Fifth Third Field in Dayton.

The facility is home to the Toledo Mud Hens, an International League team and the Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. It seats 10,300 and opened in 2002. It is located in downtown Toledo, two blocks from the Maumee River. The street address is 406 Washington Street. The park is bounded by Washington Street (southwest, first base); North Huron Street (northwest, third base); Monroe Street/Henry Morse Way (northeast, left field); and Msgr. Jerome Schmidt Way/North St. Clair Street (southeast, right field).

The scoreboard is a Fair Play Scoreboards in left field with a four line 256 shades message center on the bottom as well as a large Fair Play video board on the top in the middle of advertising. In between the field level and upper deck there are two more Aux. Fair Play Scoreboards that note the At Bat, Teams Runs, Hits and Errors, Inning, Ball, Strike, Outs, and the same four line message center. In right field a Daktronics video board was added in 2003.

The park was intended to boost development downtown, and indeed a small commercial area has sprung up around the park, centered on St. Clair Street, on the park's southeast side. Fifth Third Field hosted the 2006 Triple-A All-Star Game and home run derby.

The stadium was named the best minor league ballpark in America by Newsweek. In the summer of 2007, ESPN.com rated The Roost section of Fifth Third Field as the best seats to watch a game in minor league baseball.

The new stadium replaced Ned Skeldon Stadium, located in suburban Maumee, as the Mud Hens home — the older facility being best described as "quaint" or "rustic".

External links

* [http://www.360ipt.com/FifthThirdField_OhToledo406WashingtonSt.htm View an INTERACTIVE Virtual Tour of Fifth Third Field]
* [http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2002/Toledo/Toledo_New.htm Fifth Third Field Views - "Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues"]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=2909747 ESPN.com's Ten Best Seats in the Minor Leagues]
* [http://www.ballparkreviews.com/toledo/53tol.htm Fifth Third Field - "BallparkReviews.com"]

Reference PBS WTOL, 2007


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