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  Lloyd Hopkins Field Location within Illinois  Lloyd Hopkins Field Lloyd Hopkins Field (the United States) | |
| Full name | Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park |
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| Address | 98 Arnold Palmer Road Alton, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38°54′14″N90°6′29″W / 38.90389°N 90.10806°W |
| Owner | City of Alton, Illinois [3] |
| Operator | Alton Park and Recreation Department [3] |
| Capacity | 2,500 [4] |
| Construction | |
| Renovated | 2015 [3] |
| Tenants | |
| Alton River Dragons (PL) 2021–present Bluff City Bombers (CICL) 1998–2004 American Legion Baseball 1981–2015, 2020–present | |
Lloyd Hopkins Field is a baseball stadium in Alton, Illinois. Owned and operated by the city of Alton, [3] it is the home field for the Alton River Dragons, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Prospect League, [5] and for American Legion Baseball. [2] Hopkins Field hosted American Legion teams from 1981 to 2015, and they returned in 2020. [2] [6] Hopkins Field was also the home of the Bluff City Bombers in the Central Illinois Collegiate League from 1998 to 2004. [1] [7]
In January 2020 the city of Alton signed a 10-year lease with the River Dragons. The deal called for upgrades to Hopkins Field, including the addition of a locker room, batting cages, a new scoreboard and video board, concession amenities, and seating for 1,800 people. [5] [7] [8] [9] Hopkins Field had been renovated in 2015 with updated dugouts and new batting cages, lights, siding, netting, fencing, and turf. [3]