Victory Field: home of the Indianapolis Indians
Both Baseball America and Sports Illustrated have identified Indianapolis' Victory Field as the "best minor league baseball park in America." It's easy to see why:
The $20 million field, designed by the same architectural firm that created Baltimore’s Camden Yards and Cleveland’s Jacobs Field, is an open-air ball park with 13,500 permanent seats and an additional lawn area that can fit up to 2,000 more baseball enthusiasts. Additionally, the park features 28 luxury suites, five suite-level party rooms and two large picnic areas.
Victory Field became the new home of the Indianapolis Indians when it opened its doors on July 11, 1996. Situated just west of downtown Indianapolis, adjacent to the White River State Park and close to Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indiana Convention Center and other visitor attractions, Victory Field is an attractive locale for visitors and residents alike. It’s also bordered by the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus and its 30,000 students.
The original Victory Field was located not far from the new facility. Later renamed Bush Stadium in honor of the former team manager and president, Owen J. Bush, it closed on July 3, 1996, to make way for the stadium.
The Indianapolis Indians are Victory Field’s primary tenant. Founded in 1902, the AAA team is the second-oldest minor league franchise in professional sports, following the Rochester Red Wings. The Indians have served for about a decade as a farm club to the Pittsburgh Pirates and have won numerous minor league pennants.
The Indians' regular season runs each year through the first week of September, and individual tickets are $9 for adults ($13 for box seats) and $8 for kids 14 and under ($12 for box seats). Tickets can be purchased directly from the Indians website.
- by Jim Brown , Indianapolis Reporter for HelloMetro
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Jim Brown Jim Brown is a longtime freelance aviation, travel and destination writer and communications professional. A former reporter for Aviation Daily, Air Safety Week and World Airline News, Jim served for more than 15 years as a senior public relations executive for American Airlines, TWA and AirTran Airways.
