Diamond Nation

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Diamond Nation
Location in New Jersey
Address129 River Road, Flemington, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°32′8″N74°50′48″W / 40.53556°N 74.84667°W / 40.53556; -74.84667
TypeBaseball complex
Genre(s) Sporting events
Surface Artificial turf
ScoreboardYes
Tenants
New Jersey Diamond Jacks (2000–present)
Website
diamondnation.com

Diamond Nation is a 65-acre baseball complex in Flemington, New Jersey, that was established in 2009. [1] It is home to Jack Cust Baseball Academy and Jennie Finch Softball Academy making itself a premier baseball and softball tournament and training center in the country. Diamond Nation currently has seven fields in total. Five of them are with ninety foot base paths, which can be converted into two little league fields each. The other two are seventy foot base paths.

The New Jersey Diamond Jacks, which is run by Jack Cust Baseball Academy, was established as an elite 18U organization. The association has expanded to include teams from the 10U age to 18U. [2]

Multiple New Jersey high school baseball teams play games at Diamond Nation throughout the spring season. [3]

On 20 July 2012, Diamond Nation released Club Diamond Nation, which is a virtual baseball and softball training academy. [4]

In early 2014, Diamond Nation made proposals to build another complex in Fredericksburg, Virginia that would be home to Minor League Baseball team, Hagerstown Suns. [5]

Facility

Located at Diamond Nation are the HealthQuest Fitness Club and the HealthQuest Sports Dome. The fitness club was founded in 2001. The 140,000-square-foot sports dome was built in 2003 and was the largest air structure in the United States until it collapsed during a snow storm in winter 2015. The field it was built over is still there, known as the Jack Cust Baseball Academy. [6]

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References

  1. "Facility Overview". Diamond Nation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Diamond Jacks". Diamond Nation. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. James Kratch (1 April 2015). "Baseball: 8 Opening Day games to watch on Wednesday, April 1". NJ.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015. The game will be played at Diamond Nation in Flemington, so there should be no issues with getting this one in.
  4. Cristina Rojas/Hunterdon County Democrat (18 July 2012). "Diamond Nation launching virtual baseball and softball academy July 20". NJ.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  5. Benjamin Hill (16 January 2014). "Batting Around: A Minor League Baseball business roundup". Minor League Baseball . Retrieved 1 April 2015. A 4,750-seat baseball stadium for the relocated minor league team and five artificial turf fields for Diamond Nation youth and amateur baseball and softball camps and tournaments will be built there.
  6. Hunterdon County Democrat (17 November 2012). "Inflatable dome rises over Raritan Township baseball academy for the 11th year". NJ.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.