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Address | Wallace Avenue and Main Street (Columbian Park) |
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Location | Lafayette, Indiana |
Coordinates | 40°24′42″N86°52′18″W / 40.41167°N 86.87167°W |
Capacity | 2,600 [1] |
Scoreboard | 24 feet tall, 43 feet wide, 1 million pixel video board [2] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | August 27, 2019 [3] |
Opened | March 31, 2021 [1] |
Construction cost | $20 million [4] |
Architect | American Structurepoint [5] |
General contractor | Kettelhut Construction [3] |
Tenants | |
Lafayette Aviators (PL) 2021–present Jefferson High School Bronchos (IHSAA) 2021–present Black Cat FC (UPSL) 2021 | |
Website | |
Official website |
Loeb Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Columbian Park in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It is the home field for the Lafayette Aviators, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Prospect League, and for the Jefferson High School Bronchos baseball team. [6] It was the home for Black Cat FC in the United Premier Soccer League during their 2021 season. [7] Opened in 2021, Loeb Stadium has a capacity of 2,600 people. [1]
The previous Loeb Stadium, standing at the same location from 1940 to 2019, was also home to the Aviators and the Bronchos. [8] [9] At the conclusion of the 2019 Prospect League season, the old stadium was closed and demolished to make way for construction of the current stadium. [4]
The $20 million project was paid for using economic development income tax (EDIT) rather than property taxes. [5] The old stadium's configuration was flipped, placing home plate in what had been center field. [4] [10] The previous seating area was removed and made part of Columbian Park. New suites and outdoor group seating areas were added. The stadium's grass playing surface was replaced with a synthetic turf, allowing for additional types of events, and the playing surface was lowered by seven feet, allowing for improved sightlines from all stadium seats. [5] The seating capacity was decreased from 3,500 to 2,600. [1] [5]
Loeb Stadium opened on March 31, 2021, with its first event being a men's baseball game between Jefferson High School and Central Catholic. [1] In the stadium's first year, the Aviators played for the league championship at home, losing to the Cape Catfish on August 12, 2021. [11] The first soccer game at Loeb Stadium was played on August 18, 2021, between the women's teams of Jefferson High School and Central Catholic. [12]