List of South Atlantic League stadiums

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ShoreTown Ballpark built in 2001, home of the Jersey Shore BlueClaws.

There are twelve stadiums in use by South Atlantic League baseball teams. The oldest stadium is McCormick Field (1924) in Asheville, North Carolina, home of the Asheville Tourists. The newest stadium is Truist Stadium (2010) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, home of the Winston-Salem Dash. One stadium was built in the 1920s, three in the 1990s, seven in the 2000s, and one in the 2010s. The highest seating capacity is 8,000 at ShoreTown Ballpark in Lakewood, New Jersey, where the Jersey Shore BlueClaws play. The lowest capacity is 4,000 at McCormick Field.

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Stadiums

NameTeamCityStateOpenedCapacityRef.
Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium Aberdeen IronBirds Aberdeen Maryland 20026,300 [1]
Maimonides Park Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn New York 20017,000 [2]
Heritage Financial Park Hudson Valley Renegades Wappingers Falls New York 19944,500 [3]
ShoreTown Ballpark Jersey Shore BlueClaws Lakewood New Jersey 20018,000 [4]
Daniel S. Frawley Stadium Wilmington Blue Rocks Wilmington Delaware 19936,404 [5]
McCormick Field Asheville Tourists Asheville North Carolina 19244,000 [6]
Bowling Green Ballpark Bowling Green Hot Rods Bowling Green Kentucky 20094,559 [7]
First National Bank Field Greensboro Grasshoppers Greensboro North Carolina 20057,499 [8]
Fluor Field at the West End Greenville Drive Greenville South Carolina 20065,700 [9]
L. P. Frans Stadium Hickory Crawdads Hickory North Carolina 19935,062 [10]
AdventHealth Stadium Rome Emperors Rome Georgia 20035,105 [11]
Truist Stadium Winston-Salem Dash Winston-Salem North Carolina 2010 [12] 5,500 [13]

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List of South Atlantic League stadiums
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