Sprenger Stadium

Sprenger Stadium
Exterior view in 2010
Former names All Pro Freight Stadium (2009-2017)
Location 2009 Baseball Boulevard
Avon, Ohio 44011
United States
Owner Avon Ballpark LLC
Capacity 5,000+
Construction
Broke ground July 1, 2008
Opened June 2, 2009
Construction cost $12.1 million
Architect OSports - Osborn Sports and Recreation Architecture
Structural engineer Osborn Engineering
General contractor Infinity Group
Tenants
Lake Erie Crushers (FL) (2009-present)
Cleveland State Vikings (NCAA) (2010–2011)

Sprenger Stadium is a baseball park in Avon, Ohio, United States. It is the home of the Lake Erie Crushers, a Frontier League team that began play in 2009. The ballpark has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened on June 2, 2009, with the Crushers defeating the Windy City Thunderbolts, 5-2. The naming rights to the ballpark are owned by the small family-owned nursing facility, Sprenger Health Care Systems, headquartered in Lorain, Ohio. The ballpark was known as All Pro Freight Stadium until January 2017.[1]

Other uses

Seating and field, 2010

Cleveland State baseball

The Cleveland State Vikings baseball team played home games at the ballpark for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. After the 2011 season, however, Cleveland State dropped its baseball program.[2][3]

Mid-American Conference Tournament

Since 2012, the ballpark has hosted the Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, held in late May. The top six teams in the MAC earn berths to the tournament, which uses a double-elimination format over five days. The winner of the tournament earns the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Erie Crushers announce new stadium name". WKYC. January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Vikings To Play Home Baseball Games at All Pro Freight Stadium". CSUVikings.com. October 10, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  4. ↑ "2011-12 Champ Dates". MAC Sports. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

Coordinates: 41°27′49″N 82°03′31″W / 41.463730°N 82.058473°W / 41.463730; -82.058473

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