Buck Beltzer Stadium
Buck Beltzer Stadium was a baseball park in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was home to the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team from 1979 through 2001 when they moved to Haymarket Park. It was named after Oren Allen "Buck" Beltzer, a standout football and baseball player at Nebraska who was captain of both teams in 1909.
The stadium site was known as Husker Diamond until the 1979 season. It was renamed for Buck Beltzer after a donation from the Beltzer family allowed for the ballpark to be upgraded with an artificial turf infield, 1,000 permanent aluminum seats, covered dugouts, a press box, restrooms, and concession stands. Seating was increased to 1,500 the next year.
Later upgrades included a new scoreboard in 1981; lights in 1989; and a new sound system in 1997. Also, the artificial turf was upgraded for a third time prior to the 1997 season.
The stadium's 1,500 seat capacity was expanded with additional bleacher sections shipped in for NCAA Tournament games. Nebraska's five tournament games produced the stadium's five largest crowds.
