Vincent–Beck Stadium

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Owner Lamar University Opened 1969 Capacity 3,500		Operator Lamar University Field shape Symmetrical Phone +1 409-880-7011

Former names Cardinal Field (1969–1981) Location Jim Gilligan Way, Beaumont, TX 77705 Public transit (BMT) Virginia and Rolfe Christopher Seating type 7002700000000000000♠700 chairback seats 7003280000000000000♠2,800 bleacher seats Address Jim Gilligan Way, Beaumont, TX 77705, USA Similar Provost Umphrey Stadium, Montagne Center, Dishman Art Museum, McDonald Gym, Lamar Softball Complex

Vincent–Beck Stadium (formerly Cardinal Field) is a ballpark located in Beaumont, Texas on Jim Gilligan Way on the campus of Lamar University. The stadium was built in 1969 and has a current capacity of 3,500 spectators. It is the home stadium of the Lamar Cardinals baseball team. It was also home to the Beaumont Golden Gators, a minor league Double-A Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres (1983–1986) as well as the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Central Baseball League (1994). The facility is named after former Major League Baseball coach Al Vincent and Bryan Beck, a former member of the Lamar University board of regents.

The ballpark hosted the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament in 1993 and the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament in 2001, 2002, and 2006.

As the 2015 season began, the Cardinals had a 900-436-4 win/loss record at Vincent–Beck Stadium for a 67.3% winning record.

The stadium has been expanded several times and has had numerous renovations over its existence.

Features

The stadium includes the following:

Lighting for night games

Twenty foot tall batter's eye in center field

Three foot brick wall extending from dugout to dugout behind home plate

Dugouts

Pressbox with two radio broadcast booths and additional media working space

700 chairback seats and total permanent capacity of 3,500

Locker Rooms including 35 custom built oak lockers

Players Lounge

All weather batting cages

9,600 sq ft Indoor Practice Facility

Recovery from Hurricane Rita

Vincent–Beck Stadium was severely damaged by Hurricane Rita in 2005. The following repairs and enhancements were made to the stadium before and during the 2006 baseball season.

Replace press box – press box had been blown off its supports and was damaged

Replace outfield fences – Fences were blown down

Replace field lights

Replace score board – new scoreboard was an enhancement and included a small video board

Replace seats

On January 9, 2007, the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Lamar University $1.1 million to help with the uninsured portion of the loss.

Attendance

Source:

Top ten attendance

Note: Attendance is limited to 1991 season forward. Attendance is not available for earlier seasons.

Yearly attendance

Below is a list of the attendance by year from the 1991 season forward.
Source:

As of the 2016 season.

References

Vincent–Beck Stadium Wikipedia

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