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Operator
  
University of Oregon

Broke ground
  
August 15, 2008

Capacity
  
4,000

Architecture firm
  
DLR Group

Surface
  
FieldTurf

Opened
  
27 February 2009

Phone
  
+1 541-342-5367

Owner
  
University of Oregon

PK Park

Location
  
2760 M.L. King Jr. Blvd. Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

Record attendance
  
4,825   (June 11, 2012)

Field size
  
Left – 335 ft (102 m) Center – 400 ft (122 m) Right – 325 ft (99 m)

Address
  
2760 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Eugene, OR 97401, USA

Hours
  
Open today · Open 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hours

Similar
  
Autzen Stadium, Civic Stadium, Matthew Knight Arena, Alton Baker Park, Hayward Field

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PK Park is a baseball stadium in the northwest United States, located in Eugene, Oregon. It is the home field of the University of Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12 Conference, and, during the summer, the home of the minor league Eugene Emeralds of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. The Oregon Ducks' program was revived in 2009 after nearly three decades as a club sport.

Contents

PK Park is named after former Oregon athletic director Pat Kilkenny, whose donations helped to fund the stadium. Designed by sport architect DLR Group, PK Park has 3,000 fixed seats in the main seating bowl and a total capacity of 4,000 spectators. Fan amenities include a video board, landscaped areas for hospitality, a tiered party plaza called "Fowl Territory", a picnic plaza, and eight upper level suites. It is located just east of Autzen Stadium; the baseball park was built on the northeast section of the football stadium's parking lot.

The Ducks' home field through 1981 was Howe Field, just south of McArthur Court. The on-campus venue had since been converted to a facility for the women's softball team.

The elevation of the FieldTurf playing field at PK Park is approximately 420 feet (130 m) above sea level. It has an unorthodox alignment, oriented southeast by east (home plate to center field); the recommended alignment of a baseball diamond is east-northeast. The former home venues of Howe Field and Civic Stadium were similar, both aligned southeast.

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First seasons

Ground was broken for the facility on August 15, 2008, and the first phase involved construction of the FieldTurf playing field and temporary seating for the 2009 season. In their first game at PK Park on February 27, 2009, the Ducks beat Fresno State, the defending national champions, 1-0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt, witnessed by a sellout crowd of 2,777. The second phase of the project was the permanent concrete grandstand, built between the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The first game in the completed stadium was on March 2, 2010, a 6-2 win over the Washington Huskies, with 2,609 in attendance.

NCAA tournament

In 2012, the park hosted an NCAA Regional and Super Regional. Oregon won the Regional, but was defeated by Kent State in three games in the Super Regional.

In 2013, PK Park again hosted an NCAA Regional, as the Ducks entered the 64-team tournament as a #8 national seed. Oregon lost its second and fifth games, both to the Rice Owls, and were eliminated.

Attendance

In 2013, the Ducks ranked 34th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,971 per home game.

The park's single-game attendance record of 4,825 was set on June 11, 2012, in game three of the Super Regional against Kent State; the Golden Flashes defeated the Ducks 3-2. To increase the stadium's capacity for postseason play, two temporary stands were erected beyond the left-center field wall.

* – Spring Football game played on the same day (No home baseball game after 2011 spring game).

Previous venue

In the program's first period as a varsity sport (1936–1981), the Ducks played at Howe Field, which was converted to the women's softball venue in 1987.

References

PK Park Wikipedia