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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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:
“I love the male body, it’s better designed than the male mind.”
—Andrea Newman (b. 1938)
“From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage’s preferring many kinds of food which the civilized man rejects. The former has the palate of an outdoor man. It takes a savage or wild taste to appreciate a wild fruit.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In the quilts I had found good objects—hospitable, warm, with soft edges yet resistant, with boundaries yet suggesting a continuous safe expanse, a field that could be bundled, a bundle that could be unfurled, portable equipment, light, washable, long-lasting, colorful, versatile, functional and ornamental, private and universal, mine and thine.”
—Radka Donnell-Vogt, U.S. quiltmaker. As quoted in Lives and Works, by Lynn F. Miller and Sally S. Swenson (1981)