Sam W. Wolfson Baseball Park
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| Full name | Samuel W. Wolfson Baseball Park |
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| Former names | New Jacksonville Baseball Park (planning/construction) Jacksonville Baseball Park (1955–1964) |
| Location | 1201 East Duval Street Jacksonville, Florida 32202 |
| Owner | City of Jacksonville |
| Operator | SMG |
| Capacity | 8,200 |
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| Opened | March 16, 1955 |
| Closed | September 3, 2002 |
| Demolished | September 26, 2002 |
| Construction cost | US$400,000 (US$3.69 million in 2016 dollars) |
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Jacksonville Braves (South Atlantic) (1955–60) Jacksonville Jets (South Atlantic) (1961) Jacksonville Suns (Southern) (1962–68; 1970–2002) Jacksonville Cyclones (USL A-League) (1998–99) |
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Coordinates: 30°19′33″N 81°38′23″W / 30.325888°N 81.639844°W
Samuel W. Wolfson Baseball Park (originally Jacksonville Baseball Park) was a baseball park in Jacksonville, Florida. It stood from 1954 until 2002, when it was demolished and replaced by the new Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. During that time it was home to all of Jacksonville's minor league baseball teams, including the Jacksonville Braves (1953–1960), the Jacksonville Jets (1961), and the Jacksonville Suns (1962–1968 and 1970–). It had a seating capacity of 8,200 and was named for local baseball owner Samuel W. Wolfson.
The facility, originally known as Jacksonville Baseball Park, was built in 1954 at a cost of $400,000 to replace the aging Durkee Field. It was intended to be the new home stadium of Jacksonville's minor league team, the Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League. One of the major proponents of the stadium was Braves owner Samuel W. Wolfson, a local businessman. Wolfson had purchased the struggling Jacksonville Tars franchise and reorganized them as the Braves prior to the 1953 season.
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