Chiayi City Municipal Baseball Stadium
Chiayi Municipal Baseball Stadium (Chinese: 嘉義市立棒球場; pinyin: Jiāyì Shìlì Bàngqiúchǎng) is a multi-use stadium in Chiayi City, Taiwan. It is currently used for baseball games and was the home field for the Chinatrust Whales from 1998 to 2003. The stadium was originally built in 1918 during the Taiwan under Japanese rule era and has been repeatedly refurbished. After the last refurbishment (1998) the stadium can host 10,000 spectators, and regularly hosts Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) games.[citation needed]
| Location | Chiayi City, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Field size | Left Field - 350 ft Center Field - 400 ft Right Field - 350 ft |
| Surface | Grass and Clay |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1917 |
| Opened | December 1918 |
| Renovated | 18 September 1998 |
| Tenants | |
| Chinatrust Whales(1998-2003) | |
Trivia edit
This stadium is not the Chiayi County Baseball Stadium located in Taibao City, Chiayi County. The Chiayi County Baseball Stadium was built in 1996 and had been substantially invested and maintained by the Taiwan Major League as the home stadium of the Chiayi-Tainan Luka. On the contrary, Chiayi Baseball Field has been mainly for the use of CPBL. Chiayi County Baseball Stadium has a smaller capacity and is currently derelict after TML's collapse in 2003.