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Owner
  
SHELOR MOTOR MILE

Surface
  
Grass

Phone
  
+1 540-994-8630

Added to NRHP
  
22 November 2000

Capacity
  
2,500

Opened
  
1935

Renovated
  
2015

Calfee Park

Location
  
700 South Washington Ave, Pulaski, Virginia, 24301

Operator
  
CALFEE PARK BASEBALL INC

Field size
  
Left Field: 338 feet Center Field: 405 feet Right Field: 301 feet with 19 foot wall

Address
  
700 S Washington Ave, Pulaski, VA 24301, USA

Similar
  
Bowen Field, H P Hunnicutt Field, Burlington Athletic Stadium, Blue Ridge Mountains, TVA Credit Union Ballpark

Calfee park renovations


Calfee Park is a stadium in Pulaski, Virginia, USA. It is primarily used for baseball, and is currently the home field of the New York Yankees' Appalachian League affiliate, the Pulaski Yankees. It was built in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration project, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Calfee Park was named after the mayor of Pulaski in 1935, Ernest W. Calfee. It holds approximately 2,500 people. Clafee Park is owned and operated by David Hagan and Larry Shelor, owners of Shelor Motor Mile.

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The park is set off of U.S. Route 11 in a valley within a residential neighborhood. As a result, a number of houses that surround the park have good views of games. The park had major renovations prior to the 1999 season, with a new grandstand behind the plate and along the first-base side as well as “open-air suites” (railed-in areas with picnic tables) farther down on the first-base line. A new scoreboard was also installed.

After the Shelor ownership group purchased Calfee Park from the Town of Pulaski in 2015, over 9 million dollars in renovations were made to the historic park. The park has received a new press box and VIP towers, renovated home clubhouse, new vising clubhouse, 18 additional outdoor suites, new concession stand, upgraded souvenirs, additional general admission seating, upgraded padded club seating, renovated ticket offices, and several additional parking lots.

Calfee park upgrade


Renovations

  • Opened in 1935
  • In 1999 the area behind homeplate was renovated adding individual seats that are sold as reserved seats. There was a fairly large grandstand added to the first base side stretching from homeplate to first base. "open air suites" stretch down the first base line right along the field, past the dugout there is a deck that is sectioned off and used as box seating. There are 13 boxes stretching down the right side of the field. There was a new Concession stand and home clubhouse added in as well.
  • In 2009, the town added a 14th box behind homeplate and above the general admission seating. The box looks directly down the first base line. Views of left field are somewhat obstructed when in the "sky box" because of the roof above the old grandstands. Earlier in 2009 there was a new indoor facility constructed on site. It showcases two hitting tunnels that can also be used for pitching work. The New York Yankees and the new owners of the Park announced on Sept. 9, 2014 the plan for over $3.5 million of improvements to the park for the 2015 season. The Yankees will be replacing the Mariners in Pulaski for 2015.
  • References

    Calfee Park Wikipedia