Danville Stadium

Summary

Danville Stadium is a baseball stadium in Danville, Illinois, located at 610 Highland Boulevard. [1]

Danville Stadium
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Location610 Highland Blvd.
Danville, Illinois 61832
 United States
Coordinates40°06′35″N 87°37′54″W / 40.109593°N 87.631788°W / 40.109593; -87.631788
Public transitBus transport DMT
Capacity4,000
Opened1946
Tenants
Baseball
Danville Warriors (MWL) (1970–1976, 1982)
Danville Dans (PL) (1989–present)

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

  1. ^ "Danville Stadium is Rich in History".
  • 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