Harbor Park
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Norfolk, Virginia
United States
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 Harbor Park in 2006 | |
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| Location | 150 Park Avenue Norfolk, Virginia United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°50′34.04″N 76°16′43.93″W / 36.8427889°N 76.2788694°W |
| Owner | City of Norfolk |
| Operator | Maryland Baseball Holding, LLC |
| Capacity | 11,856 (2015–present)[1] 12,067 (1993–2014)[2] |
| Field size | Left field: 333 ft (101 m) Center field: 400 ft (120 m) Right field: 318 ft (97 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 21, 1992[3] |
| Opened | April 14, 1993 |
| Construction cost | $16 million ($34.8 million in 2024 dollars[4]) |
| Architect | Populous (Formerly HOK Sport) |
| Project manager | McDevitt and Street Co.[5] |
| Structural engineer | Kerr Conrad Graham Associates[6] |
| Services engineer | Bredson & Associates, Inc.[7] |
| General contractor | OMNI Construction Inc.[5] |
| Tenants | |
| Norfolk Tides (IL) 1993–present | |
Harbor Park is a stadium, used primarily for baseball, on the Elizabeth River, in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Once rated the best minor league stadium by Baseball America, it is home to the Norfolk Tides Minor League Baseball team. The Tides are the Baltimore Orioles' Triple-A farm team and compete in the International League. Harbor Park opened on April 14, 1993, and can seat 12,067 people.
Seating includes 9,000 lower deck seats, 2,800 upper deck seats and a 300-person capacity picnic area. The stadium also features 24 luxury skyboxes with seating for 400, and a 225-seat full-service restaurant with a panoramic view of the field from the first base side. A record crowd of 14,263 was reached August 31, 1996.[8]
The field is a natural grass playing surface which features a state of the art irrigation and drainage system. The outfield dimensions are 333 feet to the left field foul pole, 400 feet to straightaway center, and 318 down the right field line.
A pair of video boards of which its combined size is the largest in the minor leagues were installed prior to the 2022 regular season. The replacement of the previous scoreboard in right field has a height and width of 32 by 114 feet (9.75 by 34.75 meters) and is second in size to the one at Las Vegas Ballpark. The newer video board in left field is 24 by 60 feet (7.32 by 18.29 meters). Both were constructed by Daktronics.[9]
Throughout the 1990s, the stadium served as the home field for some of Norfolk's high school football games, primarily Maury, Granby, and Booker T. Washington. In 1996, BTW opened a new stadium on the school campus; in 2005, Maury and Granby moved to a new facility, Powhatan Field. In the past, the stadium also hosted high school football postseason games, although that has not happened since 2012.
Transportation
The Tide light rail has a station along Park Avenue, adjacent to Harbor Park stadium. Amtrak also has its Norfolk station adjacent to the stadium.
