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Location | 300 North Giddings Street Visalia, CA 93291 |
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Coordinates | 36°19′57″N119°18′17″W / 36.33250°N 119.30472°W |
Owner | City of Visalia |
Operator | Visalia Rawhide Baseball Club |
Capacity | 2,468 (1,888 permanent stadium seats) |
Field size | Left Field - 320 ft Left-Center Power Alley - 365 ft Center Field - 405 ft Right-Center Power Alley - 365 ft Right Field - 320 ft Backstop - 50 ft |
Surface | Grass |
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Broke ground | 1946 |
Opened | April 1946 |
Renovated | 1967, 2002, 2009 |
Construction cost | $50,000 ($750,341 in 2022 dollars [1] ) $11.6 million (renovations) |
Architect | Fehlman & LeBarre (renovations) |
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Visalia Rawhide (CL) (2009–present) |
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