Eastwood Field is a

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stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

located in

Niles, Ohio Niles is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,443 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located at the confluence of the Mahoning River and Mosquito Creek Lake, Mosquito Creek, Niles is a suburb in the Ma ...

, United States. It is currently the home of the

Mahoning Valley Scrappers The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Niles, Ohio, a city in the valley of the Mahoning River, and play their home games at Eastwood Field. From 1999 to 2020, they were ...

, a

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team of the

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. Since 2000, it has also served as the home field for the

Youngstown State Penguins The Youngstown State Penguins are the athletic teams of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. The university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, and the Penguins compete in football as memb ...

History

Eastwood Field opened for the season, when the

Erie SeaWolves The Erie SeaWolves are an American professional baseball team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. They compete in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) as a member of the Eastern League's Southwest Division, serving as the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Ti ...

franchise was relocated to Niles upon the granting of an expansion Eastern League franchise to

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. With an official

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of 6,000, the park was originally known as Cafaro Field, named for

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, founder of the real estate developer

Cafaro Company The Cafaro Company is an American property management and real estate development company which owns several retail shopping centers throughout the United States. Based in Niles, Ohio, it is the largest privately owned shopping center developme ...

. The name was changed to Eastwood Field in 2003 to match the

Eastwood Mall Eastwood Mall is an indoor shopping center in Niles, Ohio, United States, serving the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. It is owned by the Cafaro Company. Its anchor stores are Boscov's, JCPenney, Macy's, Dave & Buster’s, and Target ...

, a Cafaro property on U.S. Route 422, behind which the ballpark was built. On August 14, 2012, the stadium hosted the 2012 New York-Penn All Star Game. In 2015, the

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announced the

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franchise would relocate and play its home games at Eastwood Field as the Mahoning Valley Brawlers, however, the team would cease operations prior to its first game. The stadium's highest attendance was recorded on July 18, 2024, when 7,869 fans were in attendance for 717 Credit Union ''Financial Wellness Night'', where the

beat the

State College Spikes The State College Spikes are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in State College, Pennsylvania, and play their home games at Medlar Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University. The team was fo ...

16-8. Free tickets to attend the game were provided by the credit union on a first-come first-served basis.

Tenants and events

Eastwood Field also plays home to the

baseball team and the Inter-Tri County League Senior baseball game. In addition to baseball, the stadium hosts a number of

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s and other entertainment events each year. These acts include

Bad Company Bad Company were an English rock supergroup formed in London in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke (both ex- Free), guitarist Mick Ralphs (ex- Mott the Hoople) and bassist Boz Burrell (ex-King Crimson). Kirke was the only m ...

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Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (born Kenneth Donald Rogers) (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particul ...

and Foreigner.

References

External links

Eastwood Field Website

Eastwood Field – Mahoning Valley ScrappersEastwood Field – Youngstown State
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History

Tenants and events

See also

References

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