Jim Patterson Stadium

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Jim Patterson Stadium
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Jim Patterson Stadium
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°12′19″N85°45′46″W / 38.20524°N 85.76271°W / 38.20524; -85.76271
Owner University of Louisville
Operator University of Louisville
Capacity 4,000
Record attendance6,237
(vs. Kentucky; June 10, 2017)
Field sizeLeft Field - 330'
Left Center - 375'
Center Field - 402'
Right Center - 377'
Right Field - 330'
Surface FieldTurf
Construction
Broke groundAugust 2004
OpenedApril 2005
Renovated2013
Construction cost$8,500,000 USD
Tenants
Louisville Cardinals

Jim Patterson Stadium is a baseball stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the home field of the University of Louisville Cardinals college baseball team. Since opening in 2005, Jim Patterson Stadium has hosted nine NCAA regionals and six NCAA Super Regionals.

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In 2007, it hosted the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in program history, where the Cardinals defeated Oklahoma State two games to one to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. It hosted an NCAA regional ever year from 2013 to 2017. [1]

In 2016, the Cardinals ranked 27th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 2,606 per home game. [2]

History

A game in 2005 Game at Jim Patterson Stadium.jpg
A game in 2005

The stadium was built on a former "brown field" site which had been abandoned for over 20 years. The site was split in half when Central Avenue was built through the area, with the original brick office building for the company remaining intact on the north side of the road and the remaining sections bulldozed. The office was refurbished and is now home to the Jewish Hospital Sports Medicine clinic, which was relocated from downtown. There is additional leasable space in the building which features the University of Louisville Family Medicine Clinic, a 24-hour non-emergency medical clinic that is featured by the university's student health insurance.

The project to build the stadium was simultaneous with the redevelopment of the southern half of the property on the other side of Central Avenue into a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) shopping center, with a UofL themed Kroger store as its anchor. All of the site is owned by Faulkner Hinton & Associates, including the stadium itself. UofL currently holds a 99-year lease on the stadium site.

At its opening, the stadium had 1,500 chairback seats, with several knolls along the outfield wall which seat an additional 1,000 people. The stadium opened in 2005 and is named after former Louisville baseball player and founder of Long John Silver's and Rally's, Jim Patterson. Patterson donated $5 million of the complex's $10 million cost.

The stadium went through a renovation in 2013 that added another 1,500 chairback seats, which brought the total capacity to 4,000. As part of the renovations, terraces were added behind the seating areas, and the press box and visiting locker rooms were improved. [3]

Before the start of the 2023 season, upgrades were completed to the entryway and concourse of the stadium. [1]

Attendance Records

The single-game attendance record of 6,237 spectators was set on June 10, 2017, when Louisville defeated Kentucky 6–2. [1]

The following is a list of the ten highest single-game attendance figures in the venue's history, as of the 2024 season.

No.OpponentDateAttendanceEvent
1. Kentucky June 10, 20176,237 NCAA Super Regional
2.KentuckyJune 9, 20176,235 NCAA Super Regional
3.KentuckyApril 4, 20176,210 Regular Season
4. Florida State May 8, 20156,138 Regular Season
5. Cal State Fullerton June 8, 20156,719 NCAA Super Regional
6. Kennesaw State June 7, 20146,007 NCAA Super Regional
7.Kennesaw StateJune 6, 20145,351 NCAA Super Regional
8. Morehead State May 29, 20155,143 NCAA Regional
9.KentuckyApril 28, 20155,056 Regular Season
10. Vanderbilt May 12, 20155,5042 Regular Season


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