Clay Gould Ballpark
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| Former names | Allan Saxe Stadium, Arlington Athletic Center |
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| Location | Arlington, Texas |
| Owner | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Operator | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Capacity | 1,600 |
| Field size | Left field – 330 ft Left Center – 380 ft Center field – 400 ft Right Center – 380 ft Right field – 330 ft |
| Surface | Hybrid Bermuda Tiff 419 |
| Opened | 1974 |
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| Texas–Arlington Mavericks baseball | |
Clay Gould Ballpark (formerly Allan Saxe Stadium and Arlington Athletic Center), the home field of the UT Arlington Mavericks, is located on the campus of The University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). The stadium has a capacity of 1,600. Clay Gould Ballpark is located at the intersection of West Park Row Drive and Fielder Road.
Undergoing constant renovation, the stadium features are steadily changing and growing to increase the fan and player amenities. Fans enter the stadium through a brick entrance way behind home plate. Just to the west of the entrance is a three-booth ticket window.
Currently, Clay Gould is composed of three grandstands: the main section behind home plate, which is composed entirely of chair-back seats with partial cover from a metal awning, and two aluminum bleachers, one on the first-base line and the other on the third-base side. There is a small section of ground-level, chair-back seating in front of the main grandstands, directly behind home plate. Underneath the center section is a concession stand while the men's restroom is behind the first-base stands and the women's is behind the third-base seating.
Above the center seats is a press box that contains space for print media and two broadcast booths. The entrance to the press box is just to the left as one enters the stadium, via either a stairway or elevator.
One the first base side is the Mavericks' clubhouse, which includes a combination locker room-lounge for the players, coaches offices and locker rooms, sports training facility, equipment and laundry rooms, mud room and a welcome lobby.
The clubhouse is adjacent to the Justin D. Wilson batting facility, a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) indoor practice space. It contains batting cages, pitching mounds and the ability to allow for an open practice when needed.
The Mavericks' bullpen is between the clubhouse and playing field and is located just past first base. The visitors bullpen is located down from the visitors bullpen at third base in left field, at the edge of the stadium.
There are four light poles in the outfield and two on each foul line, for a total of eight light poles.
Out front of the stadium is an L-shaped, 318-space parking lot, shared with nearby Allan Saxe Field and the UTA intramural fields.
When UT Arlington first fielded a baseball program in 1969, they played their games at Turnpike Stadium, a minor league stadium first owned by Tarrant County and then the City of Arlington, with an initial seating capacity of 10,000. While playing in Turnpike, the Mavericks amassed a home record of 57-55.
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