Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium
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| Former names | San Antonio Municipal Stadium (1994-1995) |
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| Location | 5757 West US Highway 90 San Antonio, TX 78227 |
| Coordinates | 29°24′32.87″N 98°36′4.01″W / 29.4091306°N 98.6011139°WCoordinates: 29°24′32.87″N 98°36′4.01″W / 29.4091306°N 98.6011139°W |
| Owner | City of San Antonio |
| Operator | Elmore Sports Group |
| Capacity | 9,200 |
| Field size | Left Field: 310 ft (94.5 m) Center Field: 402 ft (122.5 m) Right Field: 340 ft (103.6 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | 16 ft × 22 ft LED video screen |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 5, 1993 |
| Opened | April 18, 1994 |
| Construction cost |
$10.5 million ($17 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
HOK Sport Ford, Powell & Carson |
| Services engineer | Jasmine Engineering, Inc. |
| General contractor | Lyda/Bartlett Cocke |
| Tenants | |
| San Antonio Missions (TL) (1994–present) | |
Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium (informally Wolff Stadium) is a stadium in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the San Antonio Missions minor league baseball team, Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The San Antonio Missions are part of the Texas League, a minor league baseball organization. The UTSA Roadrunners baseball team also plays some home games at the stadium.
It was opened on April 18, 1994 (as the San Antonio Municipal Stadium) and has a capacity of 6,200 fixed seats and a grass berm in left field that can seat about 3,000. The Wolff features 14 luxury suites, a 500-person picnic area down the right field line and an all-you-can-eat-and-drink fiesta deck that can be rented for groups of 25-200. The dimensions (from home plate to the outfield wall) are: 310 feet (94.5 m) to left field, 402 feet (122.5 m) to center field, and 340 feet (103.6 m) to right field.
The stadium is located about 8 miles (13 km) to the west of Downtown San Antonio.
Viewing the stadium from the outside entrance (behind home plate) there are two large brick bell towers, in keeping with a southwestern theme, and echoing an architectural feature of the old Mission Stadium. Most of the seating area is shaded by a large high roof. There are no poles to impede views as seen in some older minor league parks at the Double-A and Single-A level. A concourse wraps around the playing field and enables spectators varied views of the game and stadium.
The section behind home plate has individual seats; the left and right field seating areas, however, are entirely made up of bleachers.
Planes can often be seen flying in to and out of Lackland Air Force Base behind the outfield wall. The Missions regularly have "Military Night", inviting recently graduated troops to Friday night games. The stadium's namesake, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, is a former Texas legislator and San Antonio councilman and mayor.
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