Location | 44° 48′ 26″ N, 91° 31′ 14″ W One Carson Park Drive Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701, USA |
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Capacity | 3,800 |
Field size | Left Field: 320 ft Center Field: 388 ft Right Field: 312 ft |
Surface | Natural grass |
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Opened | May 4, 1937 |
Construction cost | $60,000 USD |
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Carson Park Baseball Stadium
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Location | Carson Park Dr., Carson Park, Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 44°48′29″N 91°31′13″W / 44.80806°N 91.52028°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1936 |
Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements |
NRHP Reference # | 03000698 |
Added to NRHP | July 25, 2003 |
Coordinates: 44°48′28″N 91°31′14″W / 44.807759°N 91.52048°W
Carson Park is a baseball stadium located in Carson Park, a park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The stadium is home to the Eau Claire Express of the Northwoods League, the Eau Claire Cavaliers amateur team, the Eau Claire Bears amateur team, the Eau Claire Pizza Hut American Legion team, the Eau Claire Memorial, North, Regis and Immanuel Lutheran high school baseball teams, and the UW-Eau Claire club baseball team.
The left field wall is adjacent to the sideline of the Carson Park football stadium field. During the football season, temporary bleachers from the baseball stadium are positioned on left field with the front of the bleachers placed along the left field wall facing the football field.
The land that became home to Carson Park, located on a peninsula surrounded by Half Moon Lake in Eau Claire, was donated in 1914 to the city of Eau Claire by an heir to William Carson. The following year, the park was opened. Construction of a sports complex, including a baseball stadium, football stadium and tennis courts, began in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration project. The first game was played in the stadium on May 4, 1937, in a Northern League game between the Eau Claire Bears and Superior Blues.