Newman Outdoor Field is a baseball stadium in Fargo, North Dakota. It is located on the campus of North Dakota State University and is the home of the independent league Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (American Association) baseball team and the North Dakota State Bison baseball team. The 4,513 seat facility was known as "The Nest" when it opened in 1996. In 1998, naming rights were sold to Newman Outdoor Advertising for $1.5 million. The local Architect Firm was R.L. Engebretson P.C. working with RedHawks GM John Dittrich and Assistant GM Tim Flakoll and City of Fargo leaders.
The stadium contains the Maury Wills Museum in honor of the former Major League Baseball player who worked for the RedHawks as a coach and a radio analyst.
The first number retired at the stadium was the #8 worn by hometown hero Roger Maris when he played for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins in the 1950s. The outfield distances replicate those of Yankee stadium where Maris made history.
Events and tenants | ||
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Preceded by Lewis and Clark Park |
Host of the NoL All-Star Game Newman Outdoor Field 1999 |
Succeeded by Yogi Berra Stadium |
Preceded by CommunityAmerica Ballpark |
Host of the NoL All-Star Game Newman Outdoor Field 2007 |
Succeeded by Canwest Park |
Current ballparks in the American Association | ||
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North Division | Central Division | South Division |
Midway Stadium | CommunityAmerica Ballpark | Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium |
Newman Outdoor Field | Haymarket Park | Cohen Stadium |
Shaw Park | Lawrence-Dumont Stadium | QuikTrip Park |
Sioux Falls Stadium | Lewis and Clark Park | Uni-Trade Stadium |
U.S. Steel Yard |
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Coordinates: 46°53′54.56″N 96°48′15.37″W / 46.8984889°N 96.8042694°W / 46.8984889; -96.8042694
Famous quotes containing the words newman, outdoor and/or field:
“This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and No.”
—Cardinal John Henry Newman (18011890)
“We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy Montessori outfits that were invented for semi-imbeciles in Italian slums; or we send them to outdoor schools and give them prizes for sleeping.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (18791944)
“Something told the wild geese
It was time to go.
Though the fields lay golden
Something whisperedSnow.”
—Rachel Lyman Field (18941942)