Dow Diamond

Last updated
Dow Diamond
DowDiamond.PNG
Dow Diamond.jpg
View of field
Dow Diamond
Location825 East Main Street
Midland, Michigan 48640
Coordinates 43°36′33.01″N84°14′12.13″W / 43.6091694°N 84.2367028°W / 43.6091694; -84.2367028
Owner Michigan Baseball Foundation
Operator Michigan Baseball Foundation
Capacity 5,500 baseball
9,000 stage event
Field sizeLeft Field: 332 ft (101 m)
Left Center: 375 ft (114 m)
Center Field: 400 ft (122 m)
Right Center: 373 ft (114 m)
Right Field: 325 ft (99 m)
Wall: 9 to 13 ft (2.7 to 4.0 m)
Construction
Broke groundApril 11, 2006
OpenedApril 13, 2007
Construction cost$33.5 million
($47.4 million in 2023 dollars [1] )
Architect Populous
Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti [2]
Services engineerHenderson Engineers [2]
General contractorThree Rivers Corporation
Tenants
Great Lakes Loons (MWL/High-A Central) (2007–present)

Dow Diamond is a Minor League baseball stadium located in Midland, Michigan. It is the home of the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League. The Loons are affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Contents

The stadium is located near Buttles, Ellsworth and State streets in Midland. The Dow Chemical Company, whose world headquarters are in Midland, donated the land for the stadium and also purchased the naming rights to the facility in 2006. The stadium name is a reference to both Dow's logo (a red diamond) and that "diamond" is a slang term for a baseball field.

History

Ground was broken for the ballpark on April 11, 2006. [3] The park opened April 13, 2007 and on June 8, 2007 it was announced that Dow Diamond would host the 2008 Midwest League All Star Game, which was held on June 17, 2008. [4] The venue also hosted the 2017 Midwest League All Star Game.

In 2007, they were awarded best new ballpark according to Baseball Digest. In 2012, they were awarded best ballpark in Michigan from Stadium Journey. In 2016, they were ranked 16th out of 160 MiLB teams for stadium experience. [5]

Facility

The seating bowl can accommodate 3,100 persons, with an additional 100 on the Party Deck. The park features 12 luxury suites containing a total of 300 seats, a Green Room for waiting performers and 3 dressing rooms. [6]

The Dow Diamond indoors is a year-round facility that can be rented for most any event and the facility's catering company can provide anything from hors d'œuvres for two dozen to a formal dinner for 200 or a reception for 2,000. [7]

Outdoors, the Diamond can provide seating for 3,500 with the stage behind home plate; 5,500 with the stage behind second base or 9,000 with the stage in center field.

For exhibitions or trade shows within the infield/outfield, 50,000 ft² of Event Deck portable flooring and/or 10,000 ft² of DD2 covering for stage areas & road builds is available.

Panorama of Dow Diamond Dow-Diamond-Panorama-Apr14-2007.jpg
Panorama of Dow Diamond

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Midwest League</span> American Minor League baseball league

The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quad Cities River Bandits</span> American Minor League baseball team

The Quad Cities River Bandits are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Their home games are played at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa, one of the Quad Cities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great Lakes Loons</span> American Minor League baseball team

The Great Lakes Loons are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They are located in Midland, Michigan, and play their home games at Dow Diamond, which opened in April 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Excite Ballpark</span>

Excite Ballpark, previously known as San Jose Municipal Stadium or Muni Stadium, is a baseball park in San Jose, California. It is the home of the Minor League Baseball San Jose Giants, an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The team plays in the North Division of the California League. The stadium is also home to the San Jose State University Spartans college baseball team. Local high school baseball divisions also use the ballpark as their championship field. The stadium also hosts concerts, weddings, car shows, and many other community events. It has been the home field for the San Jose Owls, San Jose Red Sox, San Jose Jo Sox, San Jose Pirates, San Jose Missions, San Jose Bees, and the San Jose Expos minor league teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LMCU Ballpark</span> Home venue of the West Michigan Whitecaps

LMCU Ballpark is a ballpark located in Comstock Park, Michigan, just north of Grand Rapids. Established as Old Kent Park in 1994, the stadium hosts a minor league baseball team, the West Michigan Whitecaps, and other sporting events. The ballpark's Fifth Third Burger was featured on an episode of Man v. Food. A fire damaged some of the first base side of the stadium on January 3, 2014, but the stadium re-opened in time to host the Whitecaps for the 2014 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Diamond (Richmond, Virginia)</span> Baseball stadium in Richmond, Virginia, United States

The Diamond is a baseball stadium located in Richmond, Virginia, USA, on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. It is the home of Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League and the Virginia Commonwealth University baseball team. From 1985 to 2008, it was the home of the Richmond Braves, the Triple-A minor league baseball affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. The Diamond seats 12,134 people for baseball; however, for Flying Squirrels games, advertising banners cover up the top rows of the upper deck, reducing seating capacity to 9,560.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Modern Woodmen Park</span> Baseball stadium in Davenport, Iowa, U.S.

Modern Woodmen Park is a minor league baseball venue located in Davenport, Iowa. It is home to the Quad Cities River Bandits, the Midwest League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Since 1987, St. Ambrose University plays all of its home baseball games there as well. Located on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the shadow of the Centennial Bridge, home run balls to right field often land in the river.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">C. O. Brown Stadium</span> American baseball stadium in Michigan

C.O. Brown Stadium is a baseball stadium in the United States located in Battle Creek, Michigan. The current stadium structure was built in 1990 and is a part of Bailey Park, a longtime home of amateur baseball and softball. Prior to the 1990 reconstruction, Bailey Park had been home to amateur, high school and college play since the 1930s, in a single-level grandstand built primarily of wood. C.O. Brown Stadium is the former home of the Michigan Battle Cats, Battle Creek Yankees and the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays of the Class A Midwest League. The stadium has a seating capacity of 2,193. C.O. Brown Stadium is the current home of the Northwoods League's Battle Creek Battle Jacks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peoples Natural Gas Field</span> Baseball park in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA

Peoples Natural Gas Field is a 7,210-seat baseball-only stadium in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that opened in 1999. It is the home ballpark of the Eastern League's Altoona Curve Minor League Baseball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riders Field</span> Baseball stadium in Frisco, Texas, U.S.

Riders Field, formerly known as Dr Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark and Dr Pepper Ballpark, is a baseball park in Frisco, Texas, United States. The home of the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League, it opened on April 3, 2003, and can seat up to 10,216 people. Though primarily a venue for Minor League Baseball games, the facility also hosts high school and college baseball tournaments, and other public and private events throughout the year. It has been the site of three Texas League All-Star Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Momentum Bank Ballpark</span> Ballpark in Midland, Texas, US

Momentum Bank Ballpark is a ballpark in Midland, Texas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Double-A Midland RockHounds minor league baseball team of the Texas League. Opened in 2002, the stadium holds 6,669 people with 4,709 fixed seats and the rest in berm seating.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TD Bank Ballpark</span> Baseball field in New Jersey, US

TD Bank Ballpark is a 6,100-seat baseball park in Bridgewater, New Jersey, that is the home of the Somerset Patriots, a Double-A level Minor League Baseball team affiliate of the New York Yankees in the Eastern League (EL). The ballpark hosts 70 Patriots games as well as Patriots playoff games and other high school and corporate events each year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madison Hatters</span> Minor league baseball team

The Madison Hatters were a minor-league baseball team based in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. A Class A minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, they were a member of the Midwest League. The team played its home games at Warner Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greater Nevada Field</span> Baseball stadium in Reno, Nevada, United States

Greater Nevada Field is a Minor League Baseball venue located in Reno, Nevada, in the Western United States. Opened on April 17, 2009, it is the home of the Triple-A Reno Aces of the Pacific Coast League. Greater Nevada Field is on the north bank of the Truckee River and welcomes over 500,000 ticketed fans per year.

Fielders Stadium is an unfinished baseball park in Zion, Illinois. It was nicknamed "A Diamond on the Border" and "Lake County's Field of Dreams." It was the designated home of the Lake County Fielders (2009-2012) of the North American League. The ballpark was to be located on the corner of 9th Street and Green Bay Road in the Trumpet Park business park in Zion. After the Fielders baseball team folded in August 2011, they did not have a 2012 season and the stadium was never completed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First Horizon Park</span> Baseball stadium in Nashville, USA, opened 2015

First Horizon Park, formerly known as First Tennessee Park, is a baseball park in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The home of the Triple-A Nashville Sounds of the International League, it opened on April 17, 2015, and can seat up to 10,000 people. It replaced the Sounds' former home, Herschel Greer Stadium, where the team played from its founding in 1978 through 2014.

The Michigan Baseball Foundation (MBF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Midland, Michigan, that refers to itself as a social enterprise. MBF is the current owner and operator of the Dow Diamond – a baseball stadium located in downtown Midland. Profits from the operation of the Dow Diamond are donated to youth groups and to initiatives that seek to improve life in Midland and its surrounding areas.

References

  1. ↑ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
  2. 1 2 "Midland Baseball Stadium Mep Bp Project Information". Reed Construction Data. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ "About MBF". Minor League Baseball. February 4, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kruth, Cash (June 18, 2008). "Fans Pack Dow Diamond for All-Star Game". Midland Daily News . Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dow Diamond in the Great Lakes Bay Region". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  6. ↑ "Dow Diamond". Minor League Baseball. January 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Facility Rentals". Minor League Baseball. February 3, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.