Carson Park (baseball stadium)

44°48′28″N 91°31′14″W / 44.807759°N 91.52048°W / 44.807759; -91.52048

Carson Park (baseball stadium)
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Location44° 48′ 26″ N, 91° 31′ 14″ W
One Carson Park Drive
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701, USA
Capacity2,856
Field sizeLeft Field: 320 ft
Center Field: 388 ft
Right Field: 312 ft
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
OpenedMay 4, 1937
Construction cost$60,000 USD
Tenants
Carson Park Baseball Stadium
Carson Park (baseball stadium) is located in Wisconsin
Carson Park (baseball stadium)
Carson Park (baseball stadium) is located in the United States
Carson Park (baseball stadium)
LocationCarson Park Dr., Carson Park, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°48′29″N 91°31′13″W / 44.80806°N 91.52028°W / 44.80806; -91.52028
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1936
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.03000698[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 25, 2003

Carson Park is a baseball stadium located in Carson Park, a park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was built as a Works Progress Administration project in 1936, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]

The stadium is home to the Eau Claire Express of the Northwoods League, the Eau Claire Cavaliers amateur team, the Eau Claire Bears amateur team, the Eau Claire Pizza Hut American Legion team, the Eau Claire Memorial, North, Regis and Immanuel Lutheran high school baseball teams, and the UW-Eau Claire club baseball team.

Carson Park, 2009

The left field wall is adjacent to the sideline of the Carson Park football stadium field. During the football season, temporary bleachers from the baseball stadium are positioned on left field with the front of the bleachers placed along the left field wall facing the football field.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Eric J. Wheeler and Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (May 6, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carson Park". National Park Service. Retrieved April 17, 2017. With 11 additional photos