TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark (previously known as Coastal Federal Field and BB&T Coastal Field) is located in
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina, Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as Grand Strand, "The Grand Strand" i ...
,
South Carolina
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, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
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, seat = Columbia
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and is the home field of the
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are a Minor League Baseball team in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the Single-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The Pelicans compete in the Carolina League. Home games are played at TicketReturn.com Field, which opene ...
, a minor league affiliate of the
Chicago Cubs
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in the
Carolina League
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. The stadium, located just off
Highway 17
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in Myrtle Beach, opened in 1999. It holds up to 6,599 people. Since its opening, it has been the finish point of the annual Myrtle Beach Marathon, held annually in March.
On April 16, 2021,
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are a Minor League Baseball team in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the Single-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The Pelicans compete in the Carolina League. Home games are played at TicketReturn.com Field, which opene ...
leaders told
WPDE-TV
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that TicketReturn.com Field would need a significant investments in order to keep
Minor League Baseball there. The most urgent upgrades to TicketReturn.com Field are to the visiting and home clubhouses, additional team facilities for women staff members, and upgrades to lighting and wall height. The team general manager told the city council during its budget retreat that it is likely to cost $15 million to bring the stadium's current player development facilities up to par and that the stadium won't last another 20 years as it stands.
Other tenants
TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark is also home of the annual "Baseball At The Beach" collegiate baseball tournament. Hosted by
Coastal Carolina University
Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...
each year, the tournament pits participating
NCAA
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Division I baseball programs in the United States. While
Charles Watson Stadium was renovated during the
2013 season, the
Chanticleers played their home schedule at TicketReturn.com Field.
The venue served as a regional host site for the
2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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. Coastal Carolina hosted the regional, with
VCU,
Clemson, and
St. John's also participating. The ballpark also hosted a regional and super regional in the
2010 NCAA Tournament, with the Chanticleers ultimately losing the super regional to
South Carolina
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, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = G ...
in the Gamecocks' first national championship season.
The Texas Rangers (then parent club of the Pelicans) played an exhibition game on March 29 at Pelicans Ballpark against Coastal Carolina University as a part of 2011 spring training.
Season 3 of
HBO
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's ''
Eastbound & Down
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'' was filmed there.
References
External links
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