 Press box at Calfee Park, 2015 | |
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| Location | 700 South Washington Ave, Pulaski, Virginia, 24301 |
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| Owner | Shelor Motor Mile |
| Operator | Calfee Park Baseball, Inc. |
| Capacity | 3,200 |
| Field size | Left Field: 338 feet Center Field: 405 feet Right Field: 301 feet with 19 foot wall |
Motor Mile Field | |
  Location in Virginia  Location in United States | |
| Location | Washington and Pierce Aves., SE, Pulaski, Virginia |
| Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Millirons, Edgar Hampton Millirona |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001432[1] |
| VLR No. | 125-0102 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 22, 2000 |
| Designated VLR | September 13, 2000[2] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1935 |
| Renovated | 2015 |
| Main contractors | Works Progress Administration |
| Tenants | |
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Calfee Park is a stadium in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home ballpark of the Pulaski River Turtles in the Appalachian League, a summer collegiate baseball league. It was built in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration project, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Calfee Park was named after the mayor of Pulaski in 1935, Ernest W. Calfee. It holds approximately 3,200 people. Calfee Park is owned and operated by David Hagan and Larry Shelor, owners of Shelor Motor Mile. Calfee Park was voted the best rookie-level ballpark in America in 2019 and 2020 by a fan vote in Ballpark Digest's annual Best of the Ballparks competition.
The park is set off of U.S. Route 11 in a valley within a residential neighborhood. As a result, a number of houses that surround the park have good views of games. The park had major renovations prior to the 1999 season, with a new grandstand behind the plate and along the first-base side as well as “open-air suites” (railed-in areas with picnic tables) farther down on the first-base line. A new scoreboard was also installed.
After the Shelor ownership group purchased Calfee Park from the Town of Pulaski in 2015, over $9 million in renovations were made to the historic park. The park has received a new press box and VIP towers, renovated home clubhouse, new visiting clubhouse, a jumbotron, 18 additional outdoor suites, new concession stand, upgraded souvenirs, additional general admission seating, upgraded padded club seating, renovated ticket offices, and several additional parking lots. Additional renovations since the 2015 season have included a picnic pavilion, three-tiered party deck in left field, and walk-in retail store.
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#00001432)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.