Champion Window Field
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| Former names | Champion Window Field (2004–2012) |
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| Location | 7950 Freedom Way Florence, KY 41042 |
| Capacity | 4,500 |
| Opened | 2004 |
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Florence Freedom (2004–present) Northern Kentucky Norse (NCAA DII GLVC) (2006–2008) |
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Coordinates: 38°58′56″N 84°38′19″W / 38.982156°N 84.638479°W
UC Health Stadium is a stadium in Florence, Kentucky. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Florence Freedom of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league. It originally opened in 2004 as Champion Window Field and holds 4,500 people.
On November 27, 2012, the Freedom announced that UC Health, the healthcare system of the University of Cincinnati, had signed a 10-year naming rights deal, giving the ballpark its UC Health Stadium name.
In July 2004, shortly after the opening of Champion Window Field, contractors began filing liens against the Florence Freedom, accusing the team of not paying for work done on the stadium. Eventually, 33 liens totaling $4.7 million were filed. In August, Fifth Third Bank sued team part-owner Chuck Hildebrant for failing to repay multiple loans taken out to finance the stadium construction. As part of the lawsuit, it was revealed that Hildebrant had used 204 acres (0.83 km2) of land that he did not own as collateral for the loans, and that he had given the bank a forged document as proof of ownership. Hildebrant was later the subject of a federal white collar crime investigation and sentenced to prison in October 2005. The team was sold in November 2004 to a new ownership group led by Clint Brown, who was not associated with Hildebrant's ownership group.
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