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This article is about the stadium in London, Ontario. For the proposed Labatt Park in Montreal, see Montreal Expos.
Labatt Memorial Park
Former names
Tecumseh Park
Location
London, Ontario, Canada
Owner
City of London
Capacity
5,200
Field size
330 ft (100 m) down the lines; 402 ft (123 m) to centre field
Surface
Grass
Construction
Opened
May 3, 1877
Renovated
1883, 1937, 1950s (side stands), 1989 (added more side stands), 2001
Construction cost
2000 (new Grandstand): $1.97-million
Architect
Tillman Ruth Mocellin
Tenants
London Tecumsehs, International Association (1877–1878; 1888–1890) London Alerts (1897, 1899) London Cockneys, International League (1899,1908) London Cockneys, Canadian League (1911) London Tecumsehs, Canadian League (1912–1915) London Tecumsehs, Michigan–Ontario League (1919–1924) London Indians, Michigan–Ontario League (1925) London Majors, Intercounty Baseball League (1925–present) London Tecumsehs, Ontario League (1930) London Pirates, PONY League (1940–1941) London Tigers, Eastern League (1989–1993) London Werewolves, Frontier League (1999–2001) London Monarchs, Canadian Baseball League (2003) Western Mustangs Baseball Club (2006–present) London Rippers, Frontier League (2012)
Labatt Memorial Park (formerly Tecumseh Park, 1877–1936) is a baseball stadium near the forks of the Thames River in central London, Ontario, Canada. It is 8.7 acres (35,000 m2) in size, has 5,200 seats and a natural grass field. From home plate to centre field the distance is 402 feet (123 m); from home plate to left and right field down the lines, it is 330 feet (100 m). The park is currently home to the London Majors of the Intercounty Baseball League and the Western Mustangs.
Labatt Park is the "oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world", with a history dating back to 1877. Since December 31, 1936, Labatt Park has been owned by the City of London.
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He also sought more public funding for a planned downtown ballpark, LabattPark. However, the provincial and municipal governments balked at committing...
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on September 5, 2000. The baseball diamond has the same dimensions as LabattPark in London, namely: 330 feet down the left- and right-field lines and...
bankruptcy was to build a new baseball-only park in downtown Montreal, which would be named LabattPark. He asked for subsidies from the Canadian and...
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