Wintrust Field is a

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. It is the home to the

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of the

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(FL), which began play in 2012 and captured their first championship in 2013. It is primarily used for

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, and was the home field of the

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baseball team from 1999 through 2010 before the Boomers resurrected the facility for pro baseball in 2012. With a total capacity of 7,365 fans, Wintrust Field features 5,665 fixed seats, which includes 16 luxury suites and bleacher seating for 200 people in left field. An additional 900 fans can be accommodated in the lawn area down both the left and right field lines. Its field dimensions mimic those of Chicago's

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, and the land the stadium is built on was originally purchased in the mid-1980s as a hopeful site for the New Wrigley Field, had the

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and the

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not come to terms to bring night baseball to the North Side. Some pro

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as well as

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and

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softball has also been played at Wintrust Field due to the late start (mid-May) of the independent baseball season. The stadium itself is located west of

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off the

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. Now called Wintrust Field, the Alexian Brothers Medical Center in nearby Elk Grove purchased the naming rights to the ballpark in 2000. The stadium was the home of the

from its opening through the end of the 2010 season. At that point, the village and park district which owned the stadium began eviction proceedings against the Flyers for failure to pay $551,800 in back rent. On February 24, 2011, a

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court ruled the Flyers could be evicted, ordered the now defunct team to pay the back rent, and the naming rights contract was terminated when there was no professional baseball played in the park in 2011. From 2009 to 2010, the

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, a Division III baseball program, played its home games at Wintrust Field, and since 2008 the Dominican University Stars another Division III baseball program has played a majority of it home games at Wintrust Field. In 2011, the

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, an NAIA baseball program, played its home games at the stadium as well. Later that year, in September 2011, Chicago attorney

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was awarded ownership of a

franchise that began play in May 2012. Salvi is also the owner of the American Association's

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. The franchise is known as the Schaumburg Boomers named after the "booming dance" of the male Greater Prairie Chicken and the team earned a 54–42 record during its Inaugural Season, falling one win short of a playoff berth. In just the franchise's second season in 2013, the Schaumburg Boomers captured the first-ever pro baseball championship for the Village of Schaumburg in impressive fashion. After capturing the league's best record in the regular season (59-37), the Boomers became the first team in the Frontier League's 14-year history to sweep through the playoffs with a 6–0 record en route to claiming the 2013 Frontier League Championship. In doing so, the Boomers made good on a promise to win title in the "first 100 years or your money back." The guarantee was featured on a billboard announcing the new team in March 2012 before the club's first season got underway. In October 2019, the Village of Schaumburg purchased the portion of the stadium which was owned by Schaumburg Park District for $1 million, becoming sole owner of the stadium. It was the

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's alternate training site in 2020 when the

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forced the cancellation of the Frontier League campaign and the abbreviation of the Major League Baseball season.Dykstra, Sam. "Roundup: Major League alternate training sites," Minor League Baseball, Thursday, July 16, 2020.
Retrieved August 28, 2020

References

External links

Official Site of the Schaumburg Boomers

Roosevelt Lakers web page

Wheaton Thunder web page

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