Tal Anderson Field
Tal Anderson Field is a baseball park located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. It is the home field of the Omaha Mavericks of the NCAA Division I Summit League. Opened in 2021, the park is located in Omaha's Midtown Omaha neighborhood. It is named for former Omaha baseball standout, Tal Anderson. The venue has a capacity of 1,500 people for baseball.[1]
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| Location | 2850 South 67th St, Omaha, NE, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41.233290°N 96.016951°W |
| Owner | University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Operator | University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Capacity | 1,500 |
| Field size | Left Field: 320 ft Center Field: 465 ft 9 in Right Field: 320 ft |
| Surface | Artificial |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2020 |
| Built | 2020 |
| Opened | March 5, 2021 |
| Construction cost | US$22.5 million |
| General contractor | Peter Kiewit Construction |
| Tenants | |
| Omaha Mavericks baseball (Summit) (2021–present) | |
Naming
Tal Anderson, for whom the venue is named, caught for the Mavericks program in the 1950s.[2]
References
- Tom Shatel (March 5, 2021). "Shatel: Welcome home, Mavs. Your $23.5 million baseball-softball complex is a beauty". www.omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- Tony Boone (June 2, 2019). "UNO will soon begin construction on new baseball, softball stadiums near Baxter Arena". www.omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
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