Normal, Illinois. A multi purpose ballpark on the Heartland Community College campus, home to Heartland baseball, softball and soccer and to the Frontier League club.
A single tenant ballpark on a college campus does not pencil. This one was designed from the start to carry four.
An artificial turf field with a removable pitching mound makes the changeover possible, so concerts, high school football and community events are welcomed rather than merely accommodated. The program holds concourse level luxury suites, 4,500 fixed armchair seats and room for 3,000 more on the wrap around grass berm, on a twenty two acre parcel. A large entry canopy behind home plate creates a food court feel at the main gate with an unobstructed view to the field as patrons walk in.
On 22 acres the facility is not asked to survive on one season. It is asked to stay busy.
S.C.O.R.E. Operational Efficiency. Revenue Innovation. Community Connection.
In the press: Sports Business Journal on the drive-in screen built into this ballpark, and A Sports Fan’s Guide to Route 66, which features it.
