Wesley Barrow Stadium

Wesley Barrow Stadium
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Location6500 Press Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
Coordinates30°01′42″N 90°02′34″W / 30.02836°N 90.04268°W / 30.02836; -90.04268
Capacity650
SurfaceArtificial Turf
Construction
Opened1957
ArchitectSCNZ Architects
General contractorRyan Gootee General Contractors, LLC
Tenants
LHSAA (baseball) (1957-Present)
Loyola Wolfpack (baseball) (1991-2002)
MLB Urban Youth Academy (2012-Present)
UNO Privateers (baseball) (2013)
Xavier Gold Nuggets (softball) (2021-Present)
Wesley Barrow Stadium (New Orleans)

Wesley Barrow Stadium is a 650-seat baseball and softball stadium located in the Pontchartrain Park section of New Orleans, Louisiana. Named in memory of Negro league baseball manager Wesley Barrow, a longtime prominent figure in the New Orleans baseball community,[1][2] the stadium includes a 200-square-foot climate-controlled press box, a public address system and LED scoreboard. The baseball field features professional-sized artificial turf with a clay pitcher's mound and two fenced bullpens.[3][4]

The facility also includes grass tee-ball fields, a three-lane outdoor batting practice cage and a two-lane indoor batting practice building. It also includes administration facilities and two 300-square-foot conference rooms.[5][6]

It is the current site of the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in New Orleans. The academy will provide free, year-round baseball and softball instruction and other educational services for youth from underserved and urban communities throughout southern Louisiana.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Ryan Whirty (February 22, 2013). "Wesley "Skipper" Barrow legacy lives on". nola.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Ryan Whirty (May 4, 2015). "Negro League's baseball legend gets proper tombstone". louisianaweekly.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "New Orleans UYA opens renovated stadium - MLB.com". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Wesley Barrow Stadium - Ryan Gootee General Contractors - New Orleans Commercial Construction". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ^ "New Orleans UYA opens renovated stadium - MLB.com". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Wesley Barrow Stadium - Ryan Gootee General Contractors - New Orleans Commercial Construction". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ^ "New Orleans UYA opens renovated stadium - MLB.com". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Urban Youth Academy : New Orleans - MLB.com: Community". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  9. ^ "MLB Urban Youth Academy breathes life into Wesley Barrow Stadium - Sports - The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana". Retrieved 17 September 2014.