World War Memorial Stadium
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| Location | 510 Yanceyville St., Greensboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°4′47″N 79°46′38″W / 36.07972°N 79.77722°WCoordinates: 36°4′47″N 79°46′38″W / 36.07972°N 79.77722°W |
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| Location | 510 Yanceyville St., Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Area | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | White, Leonard, Jr.; Barton, Harry |
| Architectural style | modern classicism |
| NRHP Reference # | 01000377 |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 2001 |
| Owner | Greensboro Parks and Recreation |
| Capacity | 7,500 |
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Left field: 327 ft (99.6 m) |
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| Opened | November 11, 1926 |
| Architect | White, Leonard, Jr.; Barton, Harry |
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| Greensboro Patriots (PL) (1928–1934) Greensboro Red Sox (PL) (1941–1942) Greensboro Patriots (CL) (1945–51, 1955–57, 1968) Greensboro Red Wings (Independent Negro) (1948) Greensboro Pirates (CL) (1952–54) Greensboro Yankees (CL) (1958–67) Greensboro Hornets (SAL) (1979–1993) Greensboro Bats (SAL) (1994–2004) North Carolina A&T Aggies (NCAA) (current) Greensboro College Pride (NCAA) (current) |
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Left field: 327 ft (99.6 m)
Center field: 401 ft (122.2 m)
World War Memorial Stadium, more commonly known as War Memorial Stadium, is a baseball park in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is situated on the northeast corner of Lindsay Street and Yanceyville Avenue, northeast of the downtown area and near the campus of North Carolina A&T University. It is currently the home of the NC A&T baseball team of the NCAA Division I MEAC.
It was the home of various local minor league baseball clubs off-and-on from 1930 through 2004. It also continues to be used for other amateur baseball events. It was also the home of A&T football until Aggie Stadium was opened in 1981.
World War Memorial Stadium was dedicated on the 8th anniversary of Armistice Day, on November 11, 1926. At the time, there had of course only been the one World War.
The stadium was originally built mostly with American football in mind, resembling a backwards "J" and with a running track. In 1930 the Greensboro "Patriots" of the old Piedmont League set up shop there, after a few decades at Cone Athletic Park (near the Cone Mills plant a couple of miles to the northeast), and made various improvements such as the installation of lights and a roof for the box seat area.
The field was initially laid out with the diamond centered on the curved part of the "J", with short foul lines and a deep center field, like a very-scaled-down version of the Polo Grounds. Later the diamond was rotated clockwise and repositioned, and the field assumed a fairly normal shape except for right center, which was abnormally close due to the presence of a creek.
The ballpark's age and its cramped quarters began to be a notable problem for the minor league club once the minor league explosion of the late 1980s and early 1990s was under way. Various cosmetic renovations were made, such as building a kind of stadium club ("The Grandstand") in the left field corner seats, as well as a fairly large concession stand outside the third base stands. The stadium also received many seats from Philadelphia's old Shibe Park after Shibe's demolition.
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