Grizzlies Ballpark is a

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that serves as the home ballpark for the Gateway Grizzlies of the

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(FL). The stadium features reserved box seating, lawn seating, party suites, two hot tubs, and a section of bleacher seating in right field that was added in 2004. The stadium's seating capacity was increased to 6,000 following the renovations. In 2004, the Grizzlies became the first team in Frontier League history to draw over 200,000 fans for a season, finishing with a league best 217,500. ProGrass synthetic turf was installed in January 2012. Grizzlies Ballpark was built in time for the start of the 2002 season, under the original name of GMC Stadium. It was renamed GCS Credit Union Ballpark for the 2006 season. When that naming rights deal ran out before the 2023 season it became Grizzlies Ballpark. Grizzlies Ballpark hosted the 2008

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. The stadium hosts the annual wood-bat college baseball game between the Billikens of

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and the Salukis of

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. The ballpark also serves as the home field of

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's baseball team. It was home field for the now-defunct

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. Grizzlies Ballpark sells a unique food item called "Baseball's Best Burger", a variant of the

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. It consists of a bacon cheeseburger with a

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Original Glazed

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used as a bun. The ballpark and the burger were showcased in a special baseball-themed episode in

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of the

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'' along with their nachos.

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* * Minor league baseball venues College baseball venues in Illinois Baseball venues in St. Louis Frontier League ballparks Lindenwood University – Belleville 2002 establishments in Illinois Sports venues completed in 2002 Webster University {{Illinois-baseball-venue-stub