Full name | Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium |
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Former names | Varsity Park (1966–1972), Pete Beiden Field |
Location | N Cedar Avenue and Bulldog Lane, Fresno, California, US |
Coordinates | 36°48′49″N 119°45′21″W / 36.813477°N 119.755699°W |
Owner | Fresno State University |
Operator | Fresno State University |
Capacity | 3,575 |
Record attendance | 5,673 |
Field size | 330 ft. (LF), 370 ft. (LCF), 400 ft. (CF), 370 ft. (RCF), 330 ft. (RF) |
Surface | Natural grass |
Scoreboard | Electronic |
Construction | |
Built | 1966 |
Renovated | 1969, 1983, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2010 |
Tenants | |
Fresno State Bulldogs baseball (MWC) (1966–present) Fresno Grizzlies (PCL) (1998–2001) |
Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium, formerly Varsity Park, is a baseball stadium on the campus of the California State University, Fresno in Fresno, California, United States. It was built in 1966. The field is the home of the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team and named after former Fresno State baseball coach Pete Beiden. The park was redesigned in 1983 and now holds 3,575 people.[1] Prior to the 2002 opening of Grizzlies Stadium, the park also was the home of the Fresno Grizzlies minor league baseball team.[2]
Beiden Field was originally built for the Fresno State collegiate team, but doubled as a professional venue from 1998–2001 while the Fresno Grizzlies were awaiting their new downtown ballpark to be completed.