Danville Stadium
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Baseball stadium in Danville, Illinois
| Map | |
| Location | 610 Highland Blvd. Danville, Illinois 61832 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°06′35′′N 87°37′54′′W / 40.109593°N 87.631788°W / 40.109593; -87.631788 |
| Public transit | Bus transport DMT |
| Capacity | 5200 |
| Opened | 1946 |
| Tenants | |
| Baseball Danville Warriors (MWL) (1970–1976, 1982) Danville Dans (PL) (1989–present) | |
Danville Stadium is a baseball stadium in Danville, Illinois, located at 610 Highland Boulevard. [1]
Danville Stadium is currently home to the Danville Dans of the collegiate summer Prospect League. The ballpark was formerly home of the Danville Warriors, which was a Class A minor league baseball team in the Midwest League. Originally built in 1946, the park has a capacity of 4,000 people. Selected scenes from the 1992 movie The Babe were filmed here.
References
[edit ]- Bill Franz, Bob Puhala, Lyndee Jobe Henderson, Illinois Off the Beaten Path - Page 117, Globe Pequot, 2007, ISBN 0-7627-4413-8
- Brent P. Kelley, The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes - Page 374, McFarland & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0875-8
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