Empire Ballpark
Stage 2 development
Baseball Park underwent further expansion in 2007 in preparation for a new Australian Baseball League (ABL), which was originally intended to start in late 2007. The upgrades provided increased corporate facilities and public seating. In 2010, the facility underwent further upgrades between the end of the 2009–2010 Claxton Shield season and the start of the ABL, which began in November 2010. The upgrades included a new, permanent, terraced bar, a batter's eye in centre field and an electronic scoreboard, while the outfield fences were also brought in to help fix the shortage of home runs at the venue in previous Claxton Shield seasons. Furthermore, an enclosed members area, numbered seats, an improved playing surface, upgraded corporate boxes, fences around the terraces and a new gameday office building were part of the improvements.
References
- ^ "Baseball Australia".
- ^ Perth Heat going from strength to strength www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
- ^ "Barbagallo Ball Park Upgrades". www.wa.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
- ^ "Baseball WA". www.wa.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007.
External links
- Official Baseball WA website Archived 13 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Baseball Park on Austadiums.com