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Whataburger Field
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Location734 East Port Avenue
Corpus Christi, Texas
United States
Coordinates27°48′34.5″N 97°23′58.9″W / 27.809583°N 97.399694°W / 27.809583; -97.399694Coordinates: 27°48′34.5″N 97°23′58.9″W / 27.809583°N 97.399694°W / 27.809583; -97.399694
OwnerCity of Corpus Christi[3]
OperatorCorpus Christi Baseball Club LP
Capacity7,679 (5,679 seats plus 2,000 in berms) [8]
Field sizeLeft field – 315 feet (96 m)
Left-center – 375 feet (114 m)
Center field – 400 feet (122 m)
Right-center – 375 feet (114 m)
Right field – 325 feet (99 m)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke groundApril 8, 2004[1]
OpenedApril 17, 2005[2]
Construction costUS$27.7 million[4]
($38.4 million in 2021 dollars[5])
ArchitectHKS, Inc., WKMC Architects, Inc. (associate)[3]
Project managerAG/CM Inc.[3]
Structural engineerKleinfelder[6]
Services engineerBlum Consulting Engineers, Inc.[7]
General contractorFulton-Coastcon-Hunt[3]
Tenants
Corpus Christi Hooks (TL/Double-A Central) 2005–present

Whataburger Field is a minor league baseball stadium located in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. It is home to the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. It also serves as a secondary home to the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders college baseball team in addition to their own on-campus Chapman Field.[9]

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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.

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio Counties. It is 130 miles (210 km) southeast of San Antonio. Its political boundaries encompass Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay. Its zoned boundaries include small land parcels or water inlets of three neighboring counties.

Corpus Christi Hooks

Corpus Christi Hooks

The Corpus Christi Hooks are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. They are located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and are named for the city's association with fishing. The team is owned by the Houston Astros. The Hooks play their home games at Whataburger Field, which opened in 2005 and is located on Corpus Christi's waterfront.

Double-A (baseball)

Double-A (baseball)

Double-A is the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States since 1946, below only Triple-A. There are currently 30 teams classified at the Double-A level, one for each team in Major League Baseball, organized into three leagues: the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League.

Houston Astros

Houston Astros

The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League (NL).

Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders baseball

Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders baseball

The Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at on-campus Chapman Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. Off-campus Whataburger Field is the home venue for some high-profile games and tournaments. The Islanders are coached by Scott Malone.

College baseball

College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional players, as baseball's professional minor leagues are more extensive, with a greater history of supplying players to MLB. Moving directly from high school to the professional level is more common in baseball than in football or basketball. However, if players do opt to enroll at a four-year college to play baseball, they must complete three years to regain professional eligibility, unless they reach age 21 before starting their third year of college. Players who enroll at junior colleges regain eligibility after one year at that level. In the 2020 season, which was abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 300 NCAA Division I teams in the United States.

Chapman Field (baseball)

Chapman Field (baseball)

Chapman Field is located in Corpus Christi, TX. The facility has both a baseball field, home to the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders baseball team and a softball field, home to the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders softball team. The facility was renamed after John and Louise Chapman before the beginning of the 2007 baseball season. Whataburger Field is used instead of Chapman Field for some baseball early season tournaments and also some big matchups.

History

Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge as viewed beyond the right field wall
Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge as viewed beyond the right field wall
The 2007 Texas League Home Run Derby at Whataburger Field
The 2007 Texas League Home Run Derby at Whataburger Field

The park, which opened in 2005, is located on what used to be old cotton warehouses on the city's waterfront.[4] Naming rights were paid for by Whataburger, Inc., which was headquartered in Corpus Christi before relocating to San Antonio in 2009. The USS Lexington and the Texas State Aquarium are visible from inside the park.[10] As of 2019, Whataburger Field features 5,679 fixed seats, 19 luxury suites and two outfield berm areas that are able to accommodate approximately 2,000 people.[10]

On June 30, 2005, the stadium unveiled For the Love of the Game, an 18-foot (5.5 m) statue depicting a young ballplayer in a contemplative pose. The statue is believed to be the largest bronze statue of a baseball player.

A pair of 1920s-era cotton presses border the videoboard in left field. Under a set of broken windows on the lefthand building, a sign reads "Bam-Bam" to commemorate a batting practice blast by Hooks outfielder Hunter Pence in 2006 that smashed one of the windows. Pence earned the nickname Bam-Bam because of his antics and similarities to the baby of the same name on The Flintstones.[11]

On June 26, 2007, Whataburger Field played host to the 2007 Texas League All-Star game.[12]

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was played at Whataburger Field in 2009 and 2010. The conference tournament was scheduled to returm to the facility in 2020,[13] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

On June 10, 2010, the Houston Dynamo played the first-ever soccer match at Whataburger Field before a capacity crowd of 6,111, beating the Laredo Heat 2–1.[15] The Dynamo played in-state rival FC Dallas in a pre-season friendly on February 12, 2011 — becoming the second soccer match ever played at the stadium.[16]

Prior to the 2019 season, the Hooks and Whataburger renewed their naming rights agreement for a period of 15 years and announced a slew of changes. The roof of was painted with distinctive orange and white stripes, paying homage to the iconic pattern found at Whataburger restaurants and the private drive bordering the west side of the stadium was renamed Whataburger Way. As part of a ticket package, Whataburger 4Topps were added to the top of section 120, providing fans with the opportunity to dine at Whataburger-branded tables with adjoining 360-degree swivel chairs and Whataburger wait service.[17]

During a pregame ceremony on September 1, 2019, the Hooks announced plans to name the stadium entrance Ken Schrom Plaza, honoring their retiring longtime front office executive and president who was notorious for greeting fans at that very plaza before and after games.[18]

Whataburger Field and the Hooks hosted the Astros' Alternate Training Site (ATS) during the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball season and the beginning of the 2021 MLB season. [19] From April 12-14, 2021, it hosted a three-game exhibition series between the Astros' ATS and the Texas Rangers' ATS with entry limited to season ticket holders, marking the first professional baseball games at the stadium with fans since 2019. [20]

Spanning from right to center field and beyond, Whataburger Field offers fans views of Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge, which displays changing LED lights at night. A public lighting ceremony was held at the stadium on December 4, 2011. A new Harbor Bridge Project was underway as of 2017, expected to be completed by 2023, which will alter the bridge trajectory to beyond left field rather than right.

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Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge

Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge

The Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge is a through arch bridge located in Corpus Christi, Texas which carries six lanes of U.S. Route 181 (US 181) and Texas State Highway 35 (SH 35) from downtown Corpus Christi to Rincon Point, known to locals as North Beach. The harbor bridge crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and handles nearly 26,000 vehicles daily. A new bridge called the New Harbor Bridge is currently under construction. When complete it will allow larger ships to pass beneath, permit safer pedestrian transit, and reconfigure the entire highway interchange system in the surrounding community.

Texas League

Texas League

The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the state of Texas; the five North Division teams are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Naming rights

Naming rights

Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of time. For properties such as multi-purpose arenas, performing arts venues, or sports fields, the term ranges from three to 20 years. Longer terms are more common for higher profile venues such as professional sports facilities.

San Antonio

San Antonio

San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in Bexar County, Texas. The city is the seventh most populous in the United States, the second largest in the Southern United States, and the second most populous in Texas. It is the 12th most populous city in North America, with 1,434,625 residents as of 2020.

Texas State Aquarium

Texas State Aquarium

The Texas State Aquarium is a nonprofit aquarium located in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. It aims to promote environmental conservation and rehabilitation of the wildlife of the Gulf of Mexico. It has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) since 1995. It is the largest aquarium in Texas, and one of the largest aquaria in the United States.

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as strength, ductility, or machinability.

Outfielder

Outfielder

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the bases. As an outfielder, they normally play behind the six players located in the field. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7, 8 and 9. These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms.

Hunter Pence

Hunter Pence

Hunter Andrew Pence, nicknamed "The Reverend", is an American former professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and Texas Rangers. In the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft he was drafted in the second round by the Astros. Pence made his major league debut in 2007. He is a four time All-Star and was a member of the 2012 and 2014 World Series championship teams with the Giants.

Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Bamm-Bamm Rubble is a fictional character in the Flintstones franchise, the adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble. He is most famous in his infant form on the animated series, but has also appeared at various other ages, including as a teenager on the early 1970s spin-off The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show and as an adult in three television films. Cartoonist Gene Hazelton contributed to the original model sheets for the character, and he has said that he based Bamm-Bamm's design on his own son, Wes.

COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 10 March 2023, the pandemic had caused more than 676 million cases and 6.88 million confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history.

Laredo Heat

Laredo Heat

Laredo Heat is an American soccer team based in Laredo, Texas, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They were members of the USL Premier Development League from 2004 to 2015. The club was on hiatus for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

FC Dallas

FC Dallas

FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex Made by Lamar Hunt. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). The franchise began play in 1996 as a charter club of the league. The club was founded in 1995 as the Dallas Burn before adopting its current name in 2004.

Amenities

  • VIP Lounge – a covered area used for groups and parties
  • Driscoll Children's Hospital Fun Zone – a playground
  • Sport Court basketball playing surface
  • Daktronics 21 ft (6.4 m) tall x 48 ft (15 m) wide videoboard, unveiled in 2014[11]
  • APEX Pool & Spa[10]
  • CITGO Cotton Club – an air-conditioned entertainment area redesigned prior to the 2019 season. The club area provides sweeping views of the field, Harbor Bridge and the downtown Corpus Christi skyline.[21]
  • Trampoline jump

Food

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  2. ^ "Hooks 2005 Schedule Released". Corpus Christi Hooks. June 28, 2004. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004. Retrieved March 12, 2005.
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  4. ^ a b c Mock, Joe. "Whataburger Field: What-A-Ballpark!". Baseball Parks. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  5. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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  9. ^ "Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletic Facilities". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Whataburger Field". Corpus Christi Hooks. Archived from the original on February 3, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2005.
  11. ^ a b "Hooks celebrating 10th season in style | Hooks".
  12. ^ "June 26, 2007: Texas League All-Star Game Whataburger Field, Corpus Christi, Texas". Texas League. June 26, 2007. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
  13. ^ Quinton Martinez (December 5, 2019). "Whataburger Field to host Southland Conference baseball tournament". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  14. ^ Osburn, Stacey (March 12, 2020). "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  15. ^ Kaplan, Jonathan (June 10, 2010). "Dynamo Defeat Laredo Heat 2-1". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  16. ^ "Dynamo, FC Dallas to Square Off in Corpus" (Press release). Houston Dyanmo. December 21, 2010.
  17. ^ "Hooks, Whataburger Extend Ballpark Naming Rights".
  18. ^ "Corpus Christi Proclaims September 1".
  19. ^ "Astros Alternate Site Returns to Whataburger Field".
  20. ^ "Whataburger Field to Host Astros Alternate Site Exhibition Games".
  21. ^ "Luxury Suite". Corpus Christi Hooks. Archived from the original on May 12, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2007.
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