Engel Stadium
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| Location | 1130 East Third Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403 |
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| Coordinates | 35°02′44″N 85°17′11″W / 35.04544°N 85.28628°W |
| Owner | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Operator | The Engel Foundation |
| Capacity | 12,000 (1930) 7,500 (1989) 5,997 (2000) |
| Field size | Left Field – 325 ft Center Field – 471 ft Right Field – 318 ft |
| Surface | Natural Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1929 |
| Opened | 1930 |
| Renovated | 1988 |
| Construction cost | $150,000 |
| Architect | James G. Gauntt |
| Main contractors | Rogers & Leventhal |
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Chattanooga Lookouts, SL (1930–1965, 1976–1999) Chattanooga Choo-Choos, NSL (1945–1946) Tennessee Temple University, NAIA (2000–2010) Howard High School, TSSAA (2010) |
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Engel Stadium
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| Area | 6 acres (2 ha) |
| Built | 1930 |
| NRHP Reference # | 09000954 |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 2009 |
Engel Stadium is a stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The stadium was built in 1930 and holds 12,000 people. It was the home of the Chattanooga Lookouts until 1999 when they moved to their current stadium, AT&T Field. The former Tennessee Temple University held its home games at Engel after the Lookouts left. Engel Stadium was named for longtime President of the Chattanooga Lookouts, Joe Engel.
The ballpark is located at 1130 E. 3rd Street, at the corner of O'Neal Street, adjacent to the historic Fort Wood neighborhood, Norfolk Southern's DeButts Yard, and Erlanger Hospital. The park is bounded by East 3rd Street, O'Neal Street, East 5th Street, and railroad tracks.
In 1929, Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators sent a young scout by the name of Joe Engel to the South to find a home for the club's first minor league affiliate. First, Engel went to Atlanta with cash in hand to buy the Atlanta Crackers, but for reasons unknown he backed out and came north to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Engel not only bought the Chattanooga Lookouts from Sammy Strang, but also replaced their ballpark, Andrews Field with a state-of-the-art stadium at a cost of $150,000.[2]
Andrews Field had been the team's home since 1911. (Their first two seasons, 1909 and 1910, they played their games at Chamberlain Field.) Andrews was on the same block as Engel Stadium, with home plate in the opposite corner.[3] The rebuilding effort was sufficiently completed to allow the new facility to open for exhibition play on March 23, 1930. The regular season opener was April 15, 1930.
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