| Stadium Name: | Valley Strong Ballpark |
| Nickname: | Rec Park |
| Logo Image: | Valley Strong Ballpark (Visalia) Logo.png |
| Location: | 300 North Giddings Street Visalia, CA 93291 |
| Broke Ground: | 1946 |
| Opened: | April 1946 |
| Renovated: | 1967, 2002, 2009 |
| Owner: | City of Visalia |
| Operator: | Visalia Rawhide Baseball Club |
| Surface: | Grass |
| Construction Cost: | $50,000 ($ in dollars) $11.6 million (renovations) |
| Architect: | Fehlman & LeBarre (renovations) |
| Tenants: | Visalia Rawhide (CL) (2009–present) |
| Seating Capacity: | 2,468 (1,888 permanent stadium seats) |
| Dimensions: | Left Field - 320 ft Left-Center Power Alley - 365 ft Center Field - 405 ft Right-Center Power Alley - 365 ft Right Field - 320 ft Backstop - 50 ft |
Valley Strong Ballpark is a minor league baseball stadium in Visalia, California. The stadium, formerly known as Recreation Ballpark,[1] [2] currently serves as the home to the Visalia Rawhide of the California League. The Rawhide is an affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.[3]
With only 1,888 seats, plus capacity for another 580 fans on a lawn, it is the smallest MLB-affiliated ballpark.[4]
The ballpark was built by the city of Visalia in 1946. In 2003, the stadium began a six-year renovation and expansion that added a grandstand and more seats on the third-base side. It is one of the oldest active ballparks in Minor League Baseball.[5]
From 2014 to 2018, Valley Strong Ballpark hosted Divisions I-VI of the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Baseball Championships, before relocating in 2019 to Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium at California State University, Fresno.[6]