Baseball stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Whataburger Field Location 734 East Port AvenueCorpus Christi, Texas United States Coordinates 27°48′34.5″N 97°23′58.9″W / 27.809583°N 97.399694°W / 27.809583; -97.399694 Owner City of Corpus Christi [ 3] Operator Corpus Christi Baseball Club LP Capacity 7,679 (5,679 seats plus 2,000 in berms) [ 8] Field size Left field – 315 feet (96 m)Left-center – 375 feet (114 m)Center field – 400 feet (122 m)Right-center – 375 feet (114 m)Right field – 325 feet (99 m)Surface Grass Broke ground April 8, 2004[ 1] Opened April 17, 2005[ 2] Construction cost US$27.7 million[ 4] ($43.2 million in 2023 dollars[ 5] ) Architect HKS, Inc. , WKMC Architects, Inc. (associate)[ 3] Project manager AG/CM Inc.[ 3] Structural engineer Kleinfelder[ 6] Services engineer Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc.[ 7] General contractor Fulton-Coastcon-Hunt [ 3] Corpus Christi Hooks (TL /Double-A Central ) 2005–present
Whataburger Field is a minor league baseball stadium located in Corpus Christi, Texas , United States. It is home to the Corpus Christi Hooks , the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros . It also serves as a secondary home to the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders college baseball team in addition to their own on-campus Chapman Field .[ 9]
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^ "State & Local Government" . Kleinfelder. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
^ "Whataburger Field" . Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc. June 4, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2011 .
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