Rohnert Park Stadium

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Rohnert Park Stadium
Rohnert Park Stadium
Coordinates 38°21′09″N122°43′19″W / 38.35241°N 122.72193°W / 38.35241; -122.72193 [1] Coordinates: 38°21′09″N122°43′19″W / 38.35241°N 122.72193°W / 38.35241; -122.72193 [2]
OperatorRohnert Park Recreation
Capacity 4,150
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
Broke ground1980
Opened1981
Renovated1995 (renovation including installing the former Oakland Coliseum outfield bleachers)
Closed2002
Demolished2005
Construction cost$2 million (1980), $500,000 (1995)
Tenants
Redwood Pioneers (California League) (1981-1985)
Sonoma County Crushers (Western Baseball League) (1995-2002)

Rohnert Park Stadium was a stadium in Rohnert Park, California. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Redwood Pioneers and the Sonoma County Crushers minor league baseball teams. It was also a soccer field for the North Bay Breakers a semi pro soccer team. [3]

It was built in 1981 and held 4,150 people. The stadium was torn down in 2005, and the land was redeveloped adjacent to a Costco.


Outlines of the baseball diamond are no longer visible in satellite photos, now covered by housing, with home plate formerly at 38°21′10″N122°43′13″W / 38.35272°N 122.72024°W / 38.35272; -122.72024 (home plate) . [4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rohnert Park Stadium
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rohnert Park Stadium
  3. "History- 1994 Pro baseball could return to RP stadium". The Community Voice.
  4. "Google maps" . Retrieved March 8, 2023.