Whitaker Bank Ballpark

Whitaker Bank Ballpark

Whitaker Bank Ballpark viewed from its Broadway entrance
Former names	Applebee's Park (2001–2010)
Location	207 Legends Lane Lexington, KY 40505
Coordinates	38°03′56″N 84°28′43″W / 38.06545°N 84.47852°W / 38.06545; -84.47852Coordinates: 38°03′56″N 84°28′43″W / 38.06545°N 84.47852°W / 38.06545; -84.47852
Owner	Lexington Professional Baseball Company, LLC
Operator	Lexington Professional Baseball Company, LLC
Capacity	6,994 fixed seats (picnic, lawn & standing room areas bring total to over 9,000) 15,000 (concerts & special events)
Field size	Left Field: 320 feet Center Field: 401 feet Right Field: 318 feet
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	February 7, 2000
Opened	April 9, 2001
Construction cost	$13.5 million ($18.3 million in 2016 dollars)
Architect	Brisbin Brook Benyon Architects, Ltd.
Project manager	National Sports Services
Structural engineer	Halcrow Yolles
Services engineer	The Mitchell Partnership, Inc.
General contractor	H&M Company, Inc.
Tenants
Lexington Legends (SAL) (2001–present)

Whitaker Bank Ballpark is a stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Lexington Legends minor league baseball team. It was built in 2001. It holds 6,994 people. From 2001 until 2010, the stadium was named Applebee's Park. In January 2011, it was announced that the naming rights to the stadium had been bought by Whitaker Bank Corporation, and the stadium was renamed Whitaker Bank Ballpark.

Whitaker Bank Ballpark is modeled after larger minor-league and major-league stadiums. It features the "Pepsi Party Deck" over the right field wall. This area is available to rent by groups. Along the first base line is the "Budweiser Stables," where fans can order beer and watch a game from an area of picnic tables. Behind home plate and accessible from the stadium's main entrance, the "Kentucky Ale Taproom" restaurant caters to members and guests with passes. The third base line features a small but popular area for families to watch the games. This area includes a kids area with a playground, bouncer and obstacle course. The bleachers, behind left field, holds more fans. There are two videoboards and one manual out-of-town scoreboard. The ballpark contains 785 club seats and 24 luxury suites.

The stadium's largest crowd to date came on June 6, 2006, when a standing-room-only crowd of over 9,300 was on hand to witness what the team dubbed "Rocket Relaunch" — Roger Clemens's first stop on his return to the Houston Astros.

Whitaker Bank Ballpark viewed from behind home plate

Whitaker Bank Ballpark at night