Surface Grass Opened 3 April 1996 Phone +1 517-485-4500 Architecture firm HNTB | Broke ground April 3, 1995 Capacity 7,527 Owner Lansing | |
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Former names Oldsmobile Park (1996–2010) Location 505 East Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI 48912 Operator Lansing Entertainment & Public Facilities Authority (LEPFA) Field size Left field: 305 feet (93 m)
Center field: 404 feet (123 m)
Right field: 305 feet (93 m) Address 505 E Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI 48912, USA Similar R E Olds Transportation Museum, Michigan History Center, Potter Park Zoo, Lansing Center, Michigan State Capitol | ||
Miniature golf at the ballpark at cooley law school stadium
Cooley Law School Stadium (previously known as Oldsmobile Park) is a baseball stadium in Lansing, Michigan, home field of the Lansing Lugnuts minor league baseball team. The Michigan State Spartans college baseball team also plays select home games at Cooley Law School Stadium. The stadium is situated in downtown Lansing in the Stadium District on a relatively narrow strip of land between and below Larch and Cedar streets.
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- Miniature golf at the ballpark at cooley law school stadium
- Around town cooley law school stadium
- History
- Field dimensions
- References
It is primarily used for baseball, though it has also hosted an ice skating rink, an outdoor movie theater, a haunted house, and served as a concert venue for the annual Common Ground Music Festival. Due to the dimensions of the city block in which the stadium was constructed, the right and left field fences 'notch' sharply into distances of 305 feet (93 m) at each foul pole.
Around town cooley law school stadium
History
The stadium replaced a block of storefronts along Michigan Avenue. Originally budgeted $10 million for construction, the construction costs rose slightly to $12.8 million.
Groundbreaking for the stadium took place on April 3, 1995, and it was officially opened exactly one year later on April 3, 1996. Its first game was between the college baseball teams of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. Two days later, the Lansing Lugnuts had their first game at the venue against the Rockford Cubbies.
On February 22, 2010, Lansing mayor Virgil Bernero announced that the stadium would be renamed Thomas M. Cooley Law School Stadium, a result of the park's new sponsorship agreement. In March 2010, Lansing-based Jackson National Life Insurance Company purchased the rights to name the field "Jackson Field" for 1 year. Thus, the full name of the venue is Jackson Field at Thomas M. Cooley Law School Stadium.
On March 12, 2014, a $22 million renovation proposal for the stadium was announced named The Outfield. It would include $11 million in public bonds for renovation of the actual stadium structure including new turf, and updated locker rooms, concessions and new box seats. $11 million in additional private investments which would include 80 apartments, a year-round bar and grill, and a new scoreboard. The proposal also includes the city negotiating a new contract with the team which is proposed to bring in an additional 25% revenue for the city.