Capital Credit Union Park

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Capital Credit Union Park
Capital Credit Union Park
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Capital Credit Union Park
Capital Credit Union Park (the United States)
Location2231 Holmgren Way, Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin [1]
Coordinates 44°29′22″N88°03′30″W / 44.48944°N 88.05833°W / 44.48944; -88.05833
Public transit Bus-logo.svg Green Bay Metro
OwnerVillage of Ashwaubenon
OperatorBig Top Baseball
Executive suites6 indoor, 16-person suites [1]
Club with 200 exterior seats [2]
Capacity 3,359
(expandable to 7,000)
Field sizeLeft Field: 338 feet (103 m)
Left Center Field: 415 feet (126 m)
Right Center Field: 386 feet (118 m)
Right Field: 282 feet (86 m) [2]
Surface artificial turf [3]
Scoreboard20 feet 7 inches (6.27 m) high (not yet operational) [2]
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 14, 2018 [4]
BuiltSeptember 2018–May 2019 [5]
OpenedJune 1, 2019 (2019-06-01) [6] [7]
Construction cost$14 million [2]
ArchitectPendulum [8]
Project managerRODAC Construction [8]
Tenants
Green Bay Rockers (NWL) 2019–present
Green Bay Voyageurs FC (USL2) 2019, 2021
Green Bay Glory (USLW) 2022–present

Capital Credit Union Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, a suburb of Green Bay. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Rockers collegiate summer baseball team of the Northwoods League; [1] the Green Bay Glory women's soccer team of the USL W League (USLW); [9] and a variety of community athletic and social events. [1] The Green Bay Voyageurs FC men's soccer team of the USL League Two played at the stadium in 2019 [10] [11] and 2021. [12]

The Voyageurs christened the stadium with a 3–0 win over WSA Winnipeg on the morning of June 1, 2019 in a game postponed a day by rain. [6] [7] Later that day, the baseball team, then named the Green Bay Booyah, lost their inaugural home opener 12–6 to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. [13]

For baseball, site constraints limit the distances to center and right field, a problem addressed with a high outfield wall. The height of the wall was announced as 19-feet, 19-inches in a nod to the nearby Green Bay Packers' inaugural season in 1919, [14] but it has also been reported as 22 feet. [5] The wall is made of shipping containers, chosen as being relatively inexpensive and able to handle a high wind load. [3] Going along with the baseball team's 2019–2021 name, the ballpark features the world's largest booyah kettle (2,000 gallons). [15]

Baseball team owner Big Top Baseball has committed to a 23-year lease, paying $500,000 up-front [2] and $205,000 annually for five years followed by 1% increases annually for the remaining years. [8]

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