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UTRGV Baseball Stadium

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UTRGV Baseball Stadium
Utrgv athletics primary logo.png
Former namesEdinburg Stadium
Location920 North Sugar Road
Edinburg, Texas
Coordinates26°18′44″N 98°10′33″W / 26.31222°N 98.17583°W / 26.31222; -98.17583
OwnerUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
OperatorUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Executive suites10 (20 seats each)
Capacity4,000[2] Record Capacity: 6,418 UTRGV vs. Texas on April 26, 2022
Field sizeLeft field – 335 ft
Center field – 410 ft
Right field – 335 ft
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
Broke ground2000
Opened2001
Construction cost$5.3 million
ArchitectCotera, Kolar, Negrete & Reed[1]
Tenants
Edinburg Roadrunners (2001–2013)
Texas–Pan American Broncs/UTRGV Vaqueros (NCAA) (2001–Present)
Website
goutrgv.com/basebstadium

UTRGV Baseball Stadium, originally Edinburg Stadium, is a stadium in Edinburg, Texas. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home of the UTRGV Vaqueros of college baseball. It was also the home to the Edinburg Roadrunners of the Texas–Louisiana League/Central Baseball League/United League Baseball. The Roadrunners disbanded before the 2014 season.[3] The stadium, which opened in 2001, holds 4,000 people, expandable to 14,000-16,000 for concerts and other special events. It includes a 17.8' x 13.6' diamondvision scoreboard and luxury boxes.

In 2015, the stadium received major upgrades due to the school officially becoming the owner. New rails and padding for the dugouts were added. The "double wall" fence was cut down to make the park more hitter-friendly. Currently, the stadium is getting repainted, locker rooms receiving new graphics and carpet, and a brand-new scoreboard donated by Coca-Cola will be placed just before the home opener.

The stadium, formerly owned by the City of Edinburg in years prior to 2014, was donated to the University of Texas System.[4] The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley operates the stadium.[5] It was renamed in 2016.[6]

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Stadium

Stadium

A stadium is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

Edinburg, Texas

Edinburg, Texas

Edinburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Its population was 74,569 as of the 2010 census, and in 2019, its estimated population was 101,170, making it the second-largest city in Hidalgo County, and the third-largest city in the larger Rio Grande Valley region.

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate.

Edinburg Roadrunners

Edinburg Roadrunners

The Edinburg Roadrunners were a professional baseball team based in Edinburg, Texas, in the United States. The Roadrunners were a member of the United League Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. They played in United League Baseball from 2006 to 2010 and the North American League from 2011 to 2012. They played their home games at Edinburg Stadium. The city refused to extend a lease for the 2014 season and with nowhere to play the team shut down.

Central Baseball League

Central Baseball League

The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a independent baseball league whose member teams were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises.

United League Baseball

United League Baseball

United League Baseball was an independent baseball league that operated in Texas. The league operated from 2006 to 2009. The league then temporarily merged with the Northern League and the Golden Baseball League to form the North American League from 2011–2012. However, after the North American League folded at the end of the 2012 season, ULB was reformed. It dissolved for a second time in January 2015.

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is a public research university with multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas and is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 after the consolidation of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas–Pan American.

Source: "UTRGV Baseball Stadium", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTRGV_Baseball_Stadium.

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Further Reading

Edinburg, Texas

University of Texas–Pan American

Payne Arena

United League Baseball

Edinburg Roadrunners

American South Conference

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team

Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball statistical leaders
See also
References
  1. ^ "Edinburg Baseball Stadium". Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Edinburg Baseball Stadium". University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Retrieved July 1, 2015. Capacity: 4,000 (expandable to 16,000 for concerts and other special events)
  3. ^ "Flown the coop: Harlingen's WhiteWings cease operations". Valley Star. Retrieved April 8, 2015. The Cats' fate was nearly identical to that of the Edinburg Roadrunners, who also lost their lease and were forced to cease operations after the 2013 season.
  4. ^ "UTRGV Club - UTPA Takes Ownership of Edinburg Baseball Stadium". Utrgvnation.com. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  5. ^ "UTPA Takes Ownership of Edinburg Baseball Stadium". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  6. ^ "The Official Athletics Website of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - UTRGV Baseball Stadium". Goutrgv.com. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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Events and tenants
Preceded by
first venue
 Host of the ULB All-Star Game
Edinburg Stadium
2006 		Succeeded by

Coordinates: 26°18′44″N 98°10′33″W / 26.31222°N 98.17583°W / 26.31222; -98.17583

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