Privateer Park
| Location | 6801 Franklin Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°1′48.9″N 90°02′50.4″W / 30.030250°N 90.047333°WCoordinates: 30°1′48.9″N 90°02′50.4″W / 30.030250°N 90.047333°W |
| Seating type |
800 chairback seats 2,100 bleacher seats |
| Capacity | 2,900 |
| Record attendance | 5,431 April 9, 1979 vs Tulane |
| Field size | Left/Right Field - 330 ft Power Alleys - 370 ft Center Field - 405 ft |
| Field shape | Symmetrical |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Renovated | 2006, 2013 |
| Tenants | |
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New Orleans Privateers (NCAA) (1979-Present) New Orleans Zephyrs (AA) (1993-96) |
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Maestri Field at Privateer Park is a baseball stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana more commonly known as Maestri Field. It is the home field of the University of New Orleans (UNO) Privateers baseball team and opened in 1979. The facility is named after Ron Maestri, who coached the team from 1972–1984, and athletic director, where he served for 21 years ending his term in 2000. The stadium was also the home of the New Orleans Zephyrs minor-league baseball team (1993-1996) prior to Zephyr Field opening in 1997. Maestri returned to coach the Privateers beginning with the 2014 season.
The facility is located on UNO's east campus, about one mile (1.6 km) from the main campus and near the intersection of Press Drive and Leon C. Simon Blvd. Along with the baseball diamond, the east campus is the site of Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena and UNO Tennis Facility.
The facility has all-aluminum seating and a brick and wrought-iron facade which dramatically changed the park's appearance. Maestri Field had a complete surface facelift prior to the 2006 season. The facelift included a complete reworking of the entire playing surface. Included in the renovation were new irrigation and drainage systems. Also, the entire sand-based Bermuda grass surface was skinned, laser graded and resodded. Improvements also included a 10’ halo around the home plate area and a surrounding warning track enclosing the entire grass surface.
The park has a newly remodeled press box and a new lower fence and batter’s eye. Included in the remodeled press box are media facilities that feature a game management area, two radio booths and a section for media and booster seating. The symmetrical field measures 330 feet (100 m) down the lines, 370 feet (110 m) in the power alleys and 405 feet (123 m) to center field. This year, the park will feature a new state-of-the-art scoreboard.
In 2003, the Dominic & Mary Musso hitting facility was completed, giving the Privateers the flexibility to hit as well as pitchers the opportunity to throw during bad weather days. Complete with the best video equipment, the Musso Hitting Facility is located down the left field line just past the seating area.
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