Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium
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| Location | 873 Long Drive Aberdeen, Maryland 21001 |
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| Coordinates | 39°31′51″N 76°11′10″W / 39.530873°N 76.185985°WCoordinates: 39°31′51″N 76°11′10″W / 39.530873°N 76.185985°W |
| Owner | City of Aberdeen |
| Operator | Maryland Stadium Authority |
| Capacity | 6,300 |
| Field size |
Left Field – 310 feet (94 m) Center Field – 400 feet (122 m) Right Field – 310 feet (94 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 19, 2000 |
| Opened | June 18, 2002 |
| Construction cost | $18 million ($24 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect |
Design Exchange Architects Inc. Ripken Design |
| Project manager | Heery International |
| General contractor | Baltimore Contractors LLC |
| Tenants | |
| Aberdeen IronBirds (NYPL) (2002–present) | |
Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium is the home of the Aberdeen IronBirds, Class A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles in the New York–Penn League. The stadium is located in Aberdeen, Maryland. The 6,300-seat Ripken Stadium held its first game on June 18, 2002. The team has sold out every home game at Ripken Stadium since it began playing there in 2002.
The stadium is part of Cal Ripken, Jr.'s Aberdeen Complex in his hometown of Aberdeen, Maryland, located just off Interstate 95 at Maryland Route 22. The complex also includes several smaller fields for local youth sports leagues, as well as an adjacent Marriott hotel. The stadium is the closest structure of the complex to the highway, with the right field fence and scoreboard visible from it. The stadium also hosts soccer matches as well. Stevenson University's baseball team also uses Ripken Stadium as its home field as well as the Yankee Stadium Field that is within walking distance.
The expansive parking lot of Ripken Stadium is frequently used as a venue for SCCA racing for many racers on the east coast.
The stadium features a three-tiered cafe behind home plate, available for patrons who want to have dinner and drinks during a game. The upper level has a press box behind home plate, 256 club seats and six skyboxes. Ripken Stadium was one of the first short-season Single-A ballparks to have a fully enclosed club level and skyboxes.
In 2009, The Maryland Redbirds, of the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, (the CRSCBL), played all weekday games and one weekend doubleheader at the stadium. The CRSCBL previously used the stadium for the annual all-star game in 2005 and 2007. The stadium also hosted the inaugural Ripken Cup collegiate baseball invitational between University of Maryland and Towson University on April 15, 2014 and May 7, 2014. The 2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Aberdeen May 26–29.
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