The stadium holds over 3000 people. The main grandstand is covered and constructed of concrete and brick. The seating in the grandstand consists of 12 rows of bench seats with the lower 6 rows having backrests. Additional seating includes metal bleachers along the first and third base lines and a party deck extending from just beyond third base to the left field corner. Until 2006 the playing surface consisted of natural grass and dirt. In 2006, Field Turf was installed.
The stadium was constructed in 1954 with funding from the Blue Star Mothers of America. It was originally used as a field for the patients of the VA Hospital to play softball.
In 1993, the Frontier League began operations with the Chillicothe Paints playing in VA Memorial Stadium as one of the original 8 teams. The Paints organization with cooperation from the Department of Veterans Affairs renovated the stadium for the Paints opening game in June 1993.
In 2006 the Ross County Commissioners and Ross County Convention Facility Authority worked together to further renovate the stadium adding the left field party deck and Field Turf.[1]
memorial, stadium, baseball, stadium, located, grounds, veterans, administration, hospital, campus, three, miles, north, chillicothe, ohio, officially, designated, building, stadium, home, field, chillicothe, paints, collegiate, wooden, baseball, team, prospec. V A Memorial Stadium is a baseball stadium located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital campus off of OH 104 three miles north of Chillicothe Ohio It is officially designated as building 244 The stadium is the home field of the Chillicothe Paints a collegiate wooden bat baseball team in the Prospect League Though primarily used for baseball V A Memorial Stadium has been used for softball soccer and other non sporting events V A Memorial StadiumLocationChillicothe OhioCoordinates39 23 21 N 83 01 04 W 39 38924 N 83 01765 W 39 38924 83 01765Capacity3000 Field sizeLeft Field 327 ft 100m Left Center 368 ft 112m Center Field 395 ft 120m Right Center 345 ft 105m Right Field 325 ft 99m SurfaceField TurfConstructionBuilt1954Opened1955Renovated1993 2006 2011TenantsChillicothe Paints FL PL 1993 present The stadium holds over 3000 people The main grandstand is covered and constructed of concrete and brick The seating in the grandstand consists of 12 rows of bench seats with the lower 6 rows having backrests Additional seating includes metal bleachers along the first and third base lines and a party deck extending from just beyond third base to the left field corner Until 2006 the playing surface consisted of natural grass and dirt In 2006 Field Turf was installed Contents 1 Stadium history 2 Stadium events 3 References 4 External linksStadium history editThe stadium was constructed in 1954 with funding from the Blue Star Mothers of America It was originally used as a field for the patients of the VA Hospital to play softball In 1993 the Frontier League began operations with the Chillicothe Paints playing in VA Memorial Stadium as one of the original 8 teams The Paints organization with cooperation from the Department of Veterans Affairs renovated the stadium for the Paints opening game in June 1993 In 2006 the Ross County Commissioners and Ross County Convention Facility Authority worked together to further renovate the stadium adding the left field party deck and Field Turf 1 Stadium events editChillicothe Paints a collegiate summer baseball team that plays in the Prospect League Mid American Conference baseball tournament from 2008 to 2011 2 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference GLIAC Baseball Tournament 2009 2011 3 Ohio High School Athletic Association OHSAA Division III District and Regional Baseball Tournament North Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament OHSAA regular season baseball and soccer games Scenes from the 1999 movie A Little Inside were filmed in the stadium 4 References edit Chillicothe Paints Official Website Stadium Information Retrieved 2009 06 04 MAC Baseball Leaving V A memorial Stadium www mac sports com Retrieved 2011 07 22 GLIAC Baseball tournament website Retrieved 2011 07 22 Internet Movie Database Retrieved 2009 06 07 External links editChillicothe Paints com Prospect League Website Events and tenants Preceded byfirst venueDon McBride Stadium Host of the FL All Star GameV A Memorial Stadium19931997 Succeeded byDon Edwards ParkDon McBride Stadium Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title V A Memorial Stadium amp oldid 1126406203, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
