USF Baseball Stadium


USF Baseball Stadium is a baseball venue located in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is home to the University of South Florida Bulls college baseball team of the Division I American Athletic Conference. The facility has a capacity of 3,211 spectators. It replaced Red McEwen Field as the home of USF baseball.
Features of the ballpark include a 1,500-seat seating area with canopy, in-ground dugouts, fan pavilions, batting cages, and a press box.

History

After the demolition of Red McEwen Field following the 2010 season, construction of a new facility on the same location began. The alignment of the new field was changed from McEwen's to accommodate a concourse shared with the newly constructed neighboring softball field.
Construction was completed over the 2010-2011 offseason, with the stadium hosting its first game on February 25, 2011. In it, the Bulls lost to Elon 4–3 in extra innings. 3,126 spectators attended, a USF baseball record.
On March 11, 2011, a formal ceremony announcing the facility's opening was held.
In 2011, the Bulls ranked 29th in Division I college baseball in attendance, averaging 1,537 per home game.

Praise

In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the stadium as the fifth most underrated venue in Division I baseball.