Yakima County Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Yakima County Stadium
Coordinates:46.591°N -120.486°W
Broke Ground:1992
Opened:1993,
Owner:Yakima County
Surface:Natural grass
Tenants:Yakima Bears (NWL) (1993–2012)
Yakima Valley Pippins (WCL) (2014–present)
Seating Capacity:2,800
Dimensions:Left Field – 293feet
Center Field – 406feet
Right Field – 293feet

Yakima County Stadium (the orchard) is a baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Yakima, Washington. Opened in 1993, it succeeded Parker Field and was the home field of the Yakima Bears minor league team for twenty seasons. It is the current home of the Yakima Valley Pippins collegiate wood-bat team of the West Coast League and has a seating capacity of 2,800.

At the northwest corner of the Central Washington State Fairgrounds, it is north of the Yakima SunDome, separated by a parking lot. The elevation of the natural grass playing field is just under 1050feet above sea level, and it is aligned (home plate to center field) north-northeast.

Singer Bob Dylan played the venue during his Never Ending Tour in 2010 on September 3.

In 2013, Pacific Baseball Ventures, LLC were granted ownership of the Yakima Valley Pippins baseball team of the West Coast League.[1] [2] In 2014, the Pippins will fund a $100,000+ renovation to the stadium.[3]

the 2022 improvement brought 1,500 New reserved Stadium seats to the stadium Replacing about 1,200 chairback seats and bench seating with back support and originaly other improvements including a new roofing under the seating structure, replacement of aging and damaged elements on the structure and repairing and repainting several areas inside the ballpark

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Official Site of the West Coast League - The Diamond Standard - News . www.wccbl.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131024190500/http://www.wccbl.com/news.php?p=News&a=117 . 2013-10-24.
  2. http://indianapolis.indians.milb.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20061211&content_id=148278&vkey=ballpark_t419&fext=.jsp&sid=t419 Yakima Country Stadium
  3. Web site: Welcome to the Official Site of the Yakima Valley Pippins!: News . pippinsbaseball.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143656/http://pippinsbaseball.com/news/index.html?article_id=44 . 2014-04-13.