Community Maritime Park | |
 2012 photo of the Stadium | |
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| Full name | Admiral Jack Fetterman Field at Vince J. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park |
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| Location | 351 West Cedar Street Pensacola, FL 32502 |
| Coordinates | 30°24′15.6″N 87°13′05.6″W / 30.404333°N 87.218222°W |
| Owner | Community Maritime Park Associates |
| Operator | Community Maritime Park Associates |
| Capacity | 5,038[7] |
| Surface | Artificial Turf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 17, 2009[2] |
| Opened | April 5, 2012 |
| Construction cost | $23,845,045.23[3] ($31.6 million in 2023 dollars[4]) |
| Architect | Populous[3] Bullock Tice Associates[3] SMB Architecture[3] |
| Project manager | Hatch Mott MacDonald/Morette[5] |
| Structural engineer | Joe DeReuil Associates, LLC.[6] |
| Services engineer | Schmidt Consulting Engineers[6] |
| General contractor | Magi Construction JV[3] |
| Main contractors | Southeastern Construction Inc.[3] |
| Tenants | |
| Pensacola Blue Wahoos (SL/Double-A South) (2012–present) West Florida Argonauts (NCAA) (2016–2021) | |
Admiral Fetterman Field (located in the Community Maritime Park and also locally referred to as Blue Wahoos Stadium) is a multi-use park in Pensacola, Florida that includes a stadium, commercial buildings, a waterfront public park and amphitheater.[8] The mixed use stadium holds 5,038 people and can be used for a number of events year-round, including baseball, soccer, football, festivals, graduations, and similar events. The multi-use stadium was originally designed to be the home field of the Pensacola Pelicans; it hosts the Miami Marlins Double-A affiliate, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Southern League. The stadium is situated facing the Pensacola Bay.
- ^ Bill Vilona. "Bayfront ballpark now has official name". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ "Maritime Park - Ground Breaking Ceremony". City of Pensacola. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cost of Building the Maritime Park" (PDF). Pensacola News Journal. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "The Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park" (PDF). City of Pensacola. Retrieved August 11, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Pensacola Updates". SkyscraperPage. p. 12. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ Pillon, Dennis (April 20, 2012). "Pensacola's Class AA Baseball Fever Still Going Strong". Press-Register. Mobile. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "HUNTER AMPHITHEATRE". Joe DeReuil Associates, LLC. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014.