Location | Bull Run Drive, Tampa, FL, USA |
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Coordinates | 28°03′31″N 82°24′17″W / 28.05866°N 82.404649°WCoordinates: 28°03′31″N 82°24′17″W / 28.05866°N 82.404649°W |
Owner | University of South Florida |
Operator | University of South Florida |
Capacity | 3,211 |
Record attendance | 3,126 |
Field size | Left Field: 325 feet Left Center: 367 feet Center Field: 400 feet Right Center: 370 feet Right Field: 330 feet |
Surface | Natural grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2010 |
Built | Fall 2010-Spring 2011 |
Opened | February 25, 2011 |
Architect | Populous |
General contractor | R.R. Simmons |
Tenants | |
South Florida Bulls baseball (2011-present) |
USF Baseball Stadium is a baseball venue located in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is home to the University of South Florida Bulls college baseball team of the Division I American Athletic Conference (The American). The facility has a capacity of 3,211 spectators. It replaced Red McEwen Field as the home of USF baseball.
Features of the ballpark include a 1,500-seat seating area with canopy, in-ground dugouts, fan pavilions, batting cages, and a press box.
After the demolition of Red McEwen Field following the 2010 season, construction of a new facility on the same location began. The alignment of the new field was changed from McEwen's to accommodate a concourse shared with the newly constructed neighboring softball field.
Construction was completed over the 2010-2011 offseason, with the stadium hosting its first game on February 25, 2011. In it, the Bulls lost to Elon 4-3 in extra innings. 3,126 spectators attended, a USF baseball record.
On March 11, 2011, a formal ceremony announcing the facility's opening was held.
In 2011, the Bulls ranked 29th in Division I college baseball in attendance, averaging 1,537 per home game.
In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the stadium as the fifth most underrated venue in Division I baseball.