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Baseball park in Nebraska
Tal Anderson Field
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Address2850 South 67th Street
LocationOmaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates41°14′02″N 96°01′05″W / 41.234°N 96.018°W / 41.234; -96.018
OwnerUniversity of Nebraska Omaha
Capacity1,500
Field sizeLeft Field: 320 ft (98 m)
Center Field: 465 ft (142 m)
Right Field: 320 ft (98 m)
SurfaceArtificial turf
ScoreboardElectronic
Construction
Broke ground2020
Built2020
OpenedMarch 5, 2021
Construction cost$22.5 million
General contractorPeter Kiewit Construction
Tenants
Omaha Mavericks (NCAA, Summit League)
(2021–present)

Tal Anderson Field is a college baseball park in the central United States, located in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the home field of the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks of the Summit League in NCAA Division I. Opened four years ago in 2021 in the Midtown neighborhood, it has a seating capacity of 1,500 for baseball.

The artificial turf playing field is aligned northeast by north, at an approximate elevation of 1,030 feet (315 m) above sea level. UNO's softball venue, Connie Claussen Field, is adjacent to the south, and Baxter Arena is nearby to the east, on the other side of Little Papillion Creek.

Naming

Tal Anderson, for whom the venue is named, caught for the Mavericks program in the 1950s.

See also

References

  1. Tom Shatel (March 5, 2021). "Shatel: Welcome home, Mavs. Your $23.5 million baseball-softball complex is a beauty". www.omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. Tony Boone (June 2, 2019). "UNO will soon begin construction on new baseball, softball stadiums near Baxter Arena". www.omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

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