Fifth Third Field (Dayton)
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Main entrance to Fifth Third Field
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| Location | 220 North Patterson Boulevard Dayton, OH 45402 |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′51″N 84°11′6″W / 39.76417°N 84.18500°WCoordinates: 39°45′51″N 84°11′6″W / 39.76417°N 84.18500°W |
| Owner | City of Dayton |
| Operator | Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC |
| Capacity | 7,230 seats ~1,000 lawn area |
| Record attendance | 9,507 (June 19, 2009) |
| Field size | Left field – 320 ft (98 m) Center field – 400 ft (122 m) Right field – 320 ft (98 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | April 26, 1999 |
| Built | March 4, 2000 |
| Opened | April 23, 2000 |
| Construction cost |
$23,500,000 ($32.7 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
HNTB Architects Associated, Inc. |
| Project manager | Construction Process Solutions Ltd. |
| Structural engineer | Fink Roberts & Petrie, Inc. |
| Services engineer | Woolpert LLP |
| General contractor | Danis Building Construction Company |
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| Dayton Dragons (2000–present) | |
Fifth Third Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Dayton, Ohio, which is the home of the Dayton Dragons, a Midwest League team and a Single-A affiliate of the nearby Cincinnati Reds. The naming rights are owned by Fifth Third Bank, based in Cincinnati. In 2011, the Dragons broke the all-time professional sports record for most consecutive sellouts by selling out the stadium for the 815th consecutive game, breaking the record formerly held by the Portland Trail Blazers.
The park has a total capacity of 8,200 people and opened in 2000. With two-deck seating and large skyboxes, some compare it to Triple-A fields.
The Dayton Dragons played their first baseball game at Fifth Third Field on April 27, 2000. In attendance was Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, who caught the ceremonial first pitch.
In their inaugural season, the Dragons managed to sell-out every home game of the 2000 season before the season even started.
Fifth Third Field has hosted the Midwest League All Star Game twice: in 2001 and 2013.
In 2005, 2007, and 2009, the venue hosted the Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament. In 2005, Rhode Island won the tournament, in 2007, Charlotte won, and in 2009 Xavier won.
In the 2011–2012 offseason, a new Kentucky Blue Grass playing surface was installed at Fifth Third Field as well as new drainage and irrigation systems.
In 2014, over $1.2 million was spent upgrading Fifth Third Field's entertainment control room and adding HD cameras throughout. In 2015, the existing video board was replaced in the off-season with a new 2,054 foot 13HD video board that was three times brighter than the previous board, twice the height and 2½ times the width. Described as featuring the clearest picture ever used on any board in a Minor League Baseball stadium, the board, at the time of installation, was the tallest and widest in a single A facility and in the top five in terms of size for any Minor League Baseball stadium. As of 2015, only three out of 30 Major League Baseball stadiums sported a board of this type.
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