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 Aerial shot of Day Air Ballpark | |
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| Former names | Fifth Third Field (2000–2019) |
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| Location | 220 North Patterson Boulevard Dayton, OH 45402 |
| Coordinates | 39°45′51″N 84°11′6″W / 39.76417°N 84.18500°W |
| Owner | City of Dayton |
| Operator | Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC |
| Capacity | 7,230 seats ~1,000 lawn area |
| Record attendance | 9,507 (June 19, 2009)[6] |
| Field size | Left field – 320 ft (98 m) Center field – 400 ft (122 m) Right field – 320 ft (98 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 26, 1999[1] |
| Opened | April 23, 2000 |
| Construction cost | $23.5 million ($41.6 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | HNTB Architects Associated, Inc. |
| Project manager | Construction Process Solutions Ltd. |
| Structural engineer | Fink Roberts & Petrie, Inc.[3] |
| Services engineer | Woolpert LLP[4] |
| General contractor | Danis Building Construction Company[5] |
| Tenants | |
| Dayton Dragons (MWL/High-A Central) 2000–present | |
Day Air Ballpark, formerly known as Fifth Third Field, is a minor league baseball stadium in Dayton, Ohio, which is the home of the Dayton Dragons, the Midwest League affiliate of the nearby Cincinnati Reds. In 2011, the Dragons broke the all-time professional sports record for most consecutive sellouts by selling out the stadium for the 815th consecutive game, breaking the record formerly held by the Portland Trail Blazers.[7][8]
The park has a total capacity of 8,200 people and opened in 2000. With two-deck seating and large skyboxes, some compare it to Triple-A fields.[9]
- ^ Bebbington, Jim (April 27, 1999). "Ground Symbolically Broken For Stadium". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Athletic Facilities". Fink Roberts & Petrie, Inc. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Dayton Minor League Baseball Stadium". Woolpert LLP. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "Danis Building Construction Company". Archiplanet. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ Nichols, Tom (June 20, 2009). "Record Crowd Sees Votto Homer, But Dragons Lose". Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Dragons Break All-Time Sports Sell-Out Record". Minor League Baseball. July 9, 2011. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "Dayton Dragons Break Sellout Record". WHIO-TV. Dayton. July 19, 2011. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Merzbach, Brian. "Fifth Third Field". Ballpark Reviews. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.