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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 ($806,229 in 2024 dollars [1] ) $11.6 million (renovations) |
| Architect | Fehlman & LeBarre (renovations) |
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| Visalia Rawhide (CL) (2009–present) | |
Valley Strong Ballpark is a minor league baseball stadium in Visalia, California. The stadium, formerly known as Recreation Ballpark, [2] [3] currently serves as the home to the Visalia Rawhide of the California League. The Rawhide is an affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. [4]
With only 1,888 seats, plus capacity for another 580 fans on a lawn, it is the smallest MLB-affiliated ballpark. [5]
The ballpark was built by the city of Visalia in 1946. In 2003, the stadium began a six-year renovation and expansion that added a grandstand and more seats on the third-base side. It is one of the oldest active ballparks in Minor League Baseball. [6]
From 2014 to 2018, Valley Strong Ballpark hosted Divisions I-VI of the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Baseball Championships, before relocating in 2019 to Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium at California State University, Fresno. [7]