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| Location | 2712 Mount Pleasant Street Burlington, IA |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′39″N 91°08′13″W / 40.827555°N 91.136903°W |
| Owner | City of Burlington |
| Operator | City of Burlington |
| Capacity | 3,200 |
| Field size | Left Field: 338 feet (103 m) Center Field: 403 feet (123 m) Right Field: 318 feet (97 m) |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
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| Broke ground | 1947 |
| Opened | May 11, 1947[1] |
| Renovated | 1973, 1999, 2005 |
| Expanded | 2005 |
| Architect | Metzger Johnson Architects[2] |
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| Burlington Bees (MWL/PL) (1947–present) | |
Community Field is a stadium in Burlington, Iowa. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Burlington Bees collegiate summer baseball team of the Prospect League.[3] Occasionally, the stadium is used by the local high school baseball team. The current stadium holds 3,200 people. Community Field was most recently named the 2013 "Field of the Year" in the state of Iowa by the Iowa Sports Turf Management Association.
- ^ "Indians Open at Community Field". The Hawk Eye. Burlington, IA. May 10, 1947. p. 16. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ "Community Field / Burlington Bees". Ballpark Digest. May 9, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ Levins, Matt (January 13, 2021). "Baseball: Burlington Bees join the Prospect League". The Hawk Eye. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.