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Coca-Cola Park (Allentown)
Coca-Cola Park is a baseball park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is the home field for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Triple-A level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Coca-Cola Park accommodates 10,178 fans, including auxiliary areas (lawn, dugout suites, and Tiki Terrace), and cost $50.25 million to build. On March 7, 2007, naming rights to the stadium were awarded to the Coca-Cola Company Bottling Co. of the Lehigh Valley. Features The stadium features the team "clubhouse" store, which sells team apparel. The Bacon Strip is an area immediately behind the right field wall that provides patrons the opportunity to stand and socialize during the game. The team's name is drawn from pig iron, used in the manufacturing of steel, a vital industry in the Lehigh Valley for most of the 20th century. References to the "pig" theme are used in the majority of concession stands and stores. The Picnic Patio is immediately adjacent to left field that features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahlen Field
Sahlen Field is a baseball park in Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally known as Pilot Field, the venue has since been named Downtown Ballpark, North AmeriCare Park, Dunn Tire Park, and Coca-Cola Field. Home to the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, it opened on April 14, 1988, and can seat up to 16,600 people, making it the highest-capacity List of Triple-A baseball stadiums, Triple-A ballpark in the United States. It replaced the Bisons' former home, War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York), War Memorial Stadium, where the team played from 1979 to 1987. The stadium was the first Baseball park#Retro-classic ballparks, retro-classic ballpark built in the world, and was designed with plans for Major League Baseball (MLB) expansion. Buffalo had not had an MLB team since the Buffalo Blues played for the Federal League in 1915. However, Bisons owner Robert E. Rich Jr. was unsuccessful in his efforts to bring an MLB franchise to the stadium between 1988 and 1995. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
