Broke ground February 1947 Opened 23 May 1947 | Surface Natural Grass Closed 1993 | |
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Capacity 5,000 (1947-1957)10,000 (1958-1993) Similar Smith's Ballpark, Ballpark, Calvin L Rampton Salt Pala, Cathedral of the Madeleine, LDS Conference Center |
Derks Field was a baseball stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the home field of the Salt Lake Bees, Salt Lake Gulls, and the Salt Lake City Trappers of the Pioneer Baseball League until Smith's Ballpark opened on the same site in 1994. It also hosted the Salt Lake Sting of the American Professional Soccer League. The stadium held 10,000 spectators and opened in 1947. It was named for Salt Lake Tribune sports editor John C. Derks.






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