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Hoglund Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. It is the home field for the University of Kansas' baseball team. The stadium holds 3,000 people and opened for baseball in 1958. The stadium sits next to historic Allen Fieldhouse, home to the Kansas Jayhawks basketball teams. It is named after former Jayhawk baseball shortstop and former petroleum-industry CEO[1] Forrest Hoglund.[2]
Following the 2010 season, an artificial turf surface was installed at the facility. The installation, which was overseen by AstroTurf USA at a cost of $1.2 million, all of which was funded by donations to the Jayhawk baseball program.[3]
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References
- ^ Matthews, Christopher M. "Former Oil CEO Aims to Change How the U.S. Exports Natural Gas". WSJ.
- ^ Hoglund Ballpark at kuathletics.com, URL accessed October 25, 2009. Archived 10/25/09
- ^ Follow Hoglund Ballpark Renovation on Web Cam at kuathletics.com, URL accessed October 30, 2010. Archived 10-30-2010
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