Veterans Memorial Stadium (Cedar Rapids)
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| Location | 950 Rockford Road SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, United States |
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| Owner | City of Cedar Rapids |
| Operator | Cedar Rapids Baseball Club, Inc. |
| Capacity | 5,300 (2007–present) 6,000 (2002–2006) |
| Field size | Left field – 315 ft (96 m) Left-center – 378 ft (115 m) Center field – 400 ft (122 m) Right-center – 390 ft (119 m) Right field – 325 ft (99 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | June 13, 2001 |
| Opened | April 7, 2002 |
| Construction cost | US$16.49 million ($22 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
360 Architecture (formerly Heinlein Schrock Stearns) Leo Pfeiffer Architects |
| Structural engineer | Martin/Martin, Inc. |
| Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. |
| General contractor | Estes Construction |
| Tenants | |
| Cedar Rapids Kernels (MWL) (2002–present) | |
Veterans Memorial Stadium is a minor league baseball stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is the home field of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League. It is often called New Veterans Memorial Stadium to distinguish it from the original Veterans Memorial Stadium, which existed from 1949 to 2001.
Veterans Memorial Stadium is located southwest of downtown Cedar Rapids on Rockford Road. The Cedar Rapids Ice Arena and Kingston Stadium, home to Kennedy, Jefferson, and Washington high school football, are both adjacent to Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Veterans Memorial Stadium has a total seating capacity of 5,300. It has 12 luxury suites and several sections that are reserved for group outings, including a mezzanine terrace in the upper deck behind first base, a pavilion in left field, and a pre-game picnic area.
In addition to Kernels games, Veterans Memorial Stadium hosted the Midwest League All-Star Game in 2004, and again in 2016. On July 9, 2005, the stadium hosted its first concert, featuring Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. The American Legion World Series was held there in 2006. It is also occasionally used for high school and college baseball games, including the annual Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball tournament. It hosted the annual "Corridor Classic" between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Northern Iowa Panthers until the University of Northern Iowa discontinued its baseball program.
The city of Cedar Rapids owns Veterans Memorial Stadium, which was named to honor veterans of all wars, and the city's Veterans Memorial Commission operates and maintains the stadium. The Linn County All Veterans Memorial is located next to the stadium. In March 2004 the Kernels and the city agreed to a new 40-year lease agreement that reduced the ballclub's monthly payments from the original 20-year agreement that they had signed when the new stadium opened.
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