Arthur W. Perdue Stadium is a baseball stadium in Salisbury, Maryland. It is the home of the Baltimore Orioles Carolina League affiliate Delmarva Shorebirds. Named for the founder of Perdue Farms, Arthur Perdue, it features the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame.[4] The stadium seats 5,200 fans and opened in 1996.[5]
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 Interior of Arthur W. Perdue Stadium | |
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| Location | 6400 Hobbs Road Salisbury, MD 21804 |
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| Coordinates | 38°22′11″N 75°31′46″W / 38.36972°N 75.52944°W |
| Owner | Wicomico County |
| Operator | 7th Inning Stretch LP |
| Capacity | 5,200 |
| Field size | Left Field: 309 ft (94 m) Center Field: 402 ft (123 m) Right Field: 309 ft (94 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 18, 1994[1] |
| Opened | April 17, 1996 |
| Renovated | 2014–2019 |
| Construction cost | $11.5 million ($22.3 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | The Design Exchange |
| Project manager | National Sports Services |
| Structural engineer | Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc.[3] |
| General contractor | W. B. Venables & Sons, Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Delmarva Shorebirds (SAL/Low-A East/Carolina League) 1996–present UMES Hawks (MEAC) 2018–2019 Delmarva Rockfish (MFB) 1998 | |
As the second-largest seating venue in Salisbury, it also occasionally is used for concerts or other events. Until 2016, the larger Wicomico Youth and Civic Center had a real covenant against serving alcohol.[6] As such, the stadium was chosen as the venue for Fernando Guerrero's middleweight title-winning boxing match in October 2009.[7]
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) played their 2018 and 2019 seasons at Perdue Stadium while Hawk Stadium in Princess Anne was renovated.[8][9] Perdue Stadium hosted the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament from 2015 to 2017.[8]
In 1998, the stadium hosted the Delmarva Rockfish, a team in the single-season Maryland Fall Baseball league.[10][11]
Renovations
editPerdue Stadium has undergone renovations, including a total field replacement, new seating, new video scoreboard, and a wraparound 360 degree deck, beginning in 2014.[12][13] In June 2019 it was announced that at the beginning of August the protective netting behind home plate would be extended from the near ends of each dugout to the far ends of each dugout.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Groundbreaking For Eastern Shore Minor League Park". The Washington Post. August 19, 1994. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Arthur W. Perdue Stadium Salisbury, Maryland". Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ "Eastern Shore Baseball Foundation – Home". www.esbhalloffame.org. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ "Spectra". www.spectraexperiences.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Holland, Liz (June 21, 2016). "Civic center gets long-awaited liquor license". The Daily Times. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ^ "Fernando Guerrero vs. Ossie Duran in N.A.B.O. Title Bout". MiLB.com. September 14, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "The Shore to play 2018 baseball season at Perdue Stadium". Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Pollitt, Richard (February 14, 2019). "UMES baseball coach Brian Hollamon looks to build program in second season". The Daily Times. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
For a second straight season, UMES will play its home games at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium ... while the Princess Anne field continues to undergo improvements.
- ^ Scherr, Rich (July 15, 1998). "BASEBALL IN AUTUMN MIGHT RISE OR FALL". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- ^ Northam, Mitchell (September 10, 2015). "20 Years: The Delmarva Shorebirds". The Daily Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Reese, Brooke (August 24, 2018). "Perdue Stadium Gearing Up for Last Phase of Renovations". WBOC-TV. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ Pollitt, Richard (April 12, 2017). "A look to the future: Shorebirds stadium upgrades". The Daily Times. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ "Shorebirds to Extend Netting at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. June 27, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.