Legends Field (Kentucky)

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Legends Field
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Legends Field (Kentucky)
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Legends Field
Legends Field (the United States)
Former namesApplebee's Park (2001–2010)
Whitaker Bank Ballpark (2011–2020)
Lexington Legends Ballpark (2021)
Wild Health Field (2022)
Counter Clocks Field (2023)
Address207 Legends Lane
Lexington, KY
Coordinates 38°03′56″N84°28′43″W / 38.06545°N 84.47852°W / 38.06545; -84.47852
Owner Lexington Professional Baseball Company, LLC
Operator Lexington Professional Baseball Company, LLC
Capacity Approx. 4,900 fixed seats
15,000 (concerts & special events)
Field sizeLeft Field: 320 feet
Center Field: 401 feet
Right Field: 318 feet
SurfaceTurf
Construction
Broke groundFebruary 7, 2000 [1]
OpenedMay 9, 2001 (2001-05-09) [2]
Construction cost $13.5 million
($23.2 million in 2023 dollars [3] )
ArchitectBrisbin Brook Benyon Architects, Ltd.
Project managerNational Sports Services
Structural engineer Halcrow Yolles [4]
Services engineerThe Mitchell Partnership, Inc. [5]
General contractorH&M Company, Inc. [6]
Tenants
Lexington Legends (SAL/ALPB) 2001–present
Transylvania Pioneers (NCAA) 2020–present
Wild Health Genomes (ALPB) 2022

Legends Field is a ballpark in Lexington, Kentucky. The ballpark was built in 2001 and holds 6,994 people. [7] It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Lexington Legends of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. [8] Legends Field has been home to the Transylvania University Pioneers baseball team since 2020. In 2024 the university reached an agreement to make the ballpark their home field for another 20 years. [9]

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Features

The ballpark is modeled after larger minor-league and major-league stadiums. It features the "Pepsi Party Deck" over the right field wall. This area is available to rent by groups. Along the first base line is the "Budweiser Stables," where fans can order beer and watch a game from an area of picnic tables. Behind home plate and accessible from the stadium's main entrance, the "Kentucky Ale Taproom" restaurant caters to members and guests with passes. The third base line features a small but popular area for families to watch the games. This area includes a kids area with a playground, bouncer and obstacle course. The bleachers, behind left field, holds more fans. There are two videoboards and one manual out-of-town scoreboard. [8] The ballpark contains 785 club seats and 24 luxury suites. [6]

The stadium's largest crowd to date came on June 6, 2006, when a standing-room-only crowd of over 9,300 was on hand to witness what the team dubbed "Rocket Relaunch" — Roger Clemens's first stop on his return to the Houston Astros. [10]

Naming

From 2001 until 2010, the stadium was named Applebee's Park. In January 2011, it was announced that the naming rights to the stadium had been bought by Whitaker Bank Corporation, and the stadium was renamed Whitaker Bank Ballpark. The deal ended in 2021. [11] [12]

In February 2022, the Legends announced that the stadium would be renamed Wild Health Field following a new naming rights agreement with Wild Health, a Lexington-based health clinic specializing in genomics-based precision medicine and wellness, and that the stadium would host a second Atlantic League team, the Wild Health Genomes. [13] The Genomes only played one season. [14]

In March 2023, the Lexington Legends were renamed the Lexington Counter Clocks. [15] During that season the stadium was known as Counter Clocks Field. [16]

In February 2024 the team announced a return to the Lexington Legends brand and the ballpark was renamed Legends Field. [17] [18]

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