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Former names
  
Laredo Ballpark

Surface
  
TifSport Bermudagrass

Owner
  
Laredo

Architecture firm
  
HKS, Inc.

Operator
  
Ventura Sports Group

Opened
  
17 May 2012

Phone
  
+1 956-753-6877

Construction cost
  
18 million USD

Uni-Trade Stadium

Location
  
6320 Sinatra Parkway Laredo, TX 78045

Capacity
  
6,000 (Baseball) 16,000 (Concerts)

Field size
  
Left Field: 335 feet Left Center Field: 385 feet Center Field: 405 feet Right Center Field: 385 feet Right Field: 335 feet

Address
  
6320 Sinatra Pkwy, Laredo, TX 78041, USA

Similar
  
Laredo Energy Arena, Student Activity Complex, Republic of the Rio Grande M, Lake Casa Blanca, Veterans Field

Uni trade stadium post game fireworks


The Uni-Trade Stadium is a baseball stadium in Laredo, Texas. The stadium is home to the Laredo Lemurs, a baseball team in the American Association and the Laredo Roses, a women's full contact American football team in the Sugar N Spice Football League. The stadium is also used for youth soccer leagues, youth and prep baseball games and concerts.

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4th of july events at uni trade stadium


History

The Laredo Ballpark project was first approved by the city council and was voted in favor of (with 61.32% of the votes in favor and 38.68% against) constructing it with money collected by a .25% sales tax increase for the LEC since 2004 of which there is a surplus of about $18 million. The project consisted of building a new multiuse Baseball field near the Laredo Energy Arena (LEA). On December 9, 2011, it was announced that the stadium would be named Uni-Trade Stadium, after Uni-Trade Forwarding LLC, a local freight forwarder. The park opened on May 17, 2012, with the Lemurs defeating the defending American Association champion Grand Prairie AirHogs 5-1 in front of a crowd of 5,923.

Field

The baseball field playing surface was designed and built by sports field contractor Texas Multi-Chem, out of Kerrville, TX. The baseball field's natural grass surface is TifSport hybrid Bermuda and the root zone consists of an 8" layer of USGA sand and Dakota peat. The field also contains an internal drainage system to help avoid rain outs.

References

Uni-Trade Stadium Wikipedia