Owner Belmont City Council Closed 1997 Capacity 5,000 Operator Baseball WA | Surface Grass Opened 1985 Demolished 1997 | |
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Former names Belmont International Baseball Stadium Location Belmont, Perth, Western Australia Similar John Murray Field, Oriole Park, Blacktown Baseball Stadium, Baxter Field, Moorabbin Oval | ||
Parry Field in Belmont, Perth, Western Australia was the site of Baseball WA's first purpose-built baseball stadium, named for Kevin Parry, a local businessman and enthusiast whose fortunes failed soon after the opening. The stadium featured television-standard lighting, seating for about 2,200 people and standing room for 3,000 more. The stadium was sold off by Belmont City Council as part of the WA Building Better Cities Program. Councillors were influenced by complaints from local residents about fireworks, loud music and other pre-match festivities. On the other hand, baseball being far from a mainstream sport in Australia, its managers had been unable to recoup the stadium's high maintenance costs on a year-round basis.
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