Brooks Field (Wilmington)

Brooks Field
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Full nameBill Brooks Field
Location4958 Regel Road, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates34°13′19″N 77°52′24″W / 34.221942°N 77.873301°W / 34.221942; -77.873301
Capacity3,500
Record attendance3,826 (February 16, 2014 vs #1 Virginia)
Field sizeLeft field: 340 ft (100 m)
Center field: 380 ft (120 m)
Right field: 340 ft (100 m)
Opened1989
Tenants
UNCW Seahawks (CAA) 1989–present
Port City Roosters (SL) 1995–1996
Wilmington Waves (SAL) 2001
CAA Tournament
1989–90, 1993, 2004–2011, 2014, 2017

Brooks Field is a stadium located on the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Wilmington, North Carolina. Brooks Field is the home of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks baseball team and has hosted the Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament a number of times (1989–90, 1993, 2004–11, 2014, 2017).[1][2][3] The ballpark has a capacity of 3,500 people and first opened in 1989.[4] In 2014 UNCW broke the 2009 record attendance of 3,608 (vs North Carolina) with 3,826 people (vs. #1 Virginia).[5]

  1. ^ "Baseball Championships". CAA Sports. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "2012 CAA Baseball Championship". JMU Sports. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Baseball Record Book" (PDF). NMN Athletics. Colonial Athletic Association. pp. 6–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "Brooks Field". uncwsports.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  5. ^ Detweiler, Eric (February 17, 2014). "Baseball: Record crowd packs Brooks Field for Hughes Brothers Challenge". The Dub Hub. Star-News. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2014.