Rocky and Berenice Miller Park is a baseball stadium in Evanston, Illinois. It is the home field of the Northwestern Wildcats college baseball team. The stadium holds 600 people seated and opened for baseball in 1943.[1] In 2014, the park began a renovation, and reopened on April 2, 2016, against the Michigan Wolverines. The renovation added the Hayden Clubhouse, which holds the team's locker room. A new players' lounge, and a new LED scoreboard are among other additions to the stadium.[2]
Former names | Wells Field (1958–1983) |
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Address | 2750 Ashland Avenue |
Location | Evanston, Illinois |
Coordinates | 42°04′06″N 87°41′35″W / 42.068261°N 87.693046°W |
Owner | Northwestern University |
Operator | Northwestern University |
Type | Stadium |
Genre(s) | Baseball |
Capacity | 600 |
Surface | Artificial turf |
Scoreboard | Electronic |
Construction | |
Opened | 1943 |
Renovated | 1983, 2014 |
Architect | FGM Architects and Populous |
Tenants | |
Northwestern Wildcats baseball (NCAA) (1943–present) | |
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See also
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edit- ^ Rocky Miller Park at nusports.cstv.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
- ^ "The Dream Has Become a Reality: Rocky and Berenice Miller Park". NUSports. March 30, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.