Newman Outdoor Field

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• Built as a joint venture between the RedHawks, the City of Fargo and North Dakota State University.
• 4,513 capacity (3,200 Reserved, 400 Third Base Deluxe, 750 General Admission, plus handicapped seating.  Does not include the Budweiser Beer Garden or SRO tickets)
• 12 luxury boxes and full-sized press box on third level
• Opened June 21, 1996 with a 13-11 loss to Sioux Falls
• 167 of the 529 regular season games played at Newman Outdoor Field have been sold out
• Average attendance for the 2007 season was 3,620.
• The four largest crowds ever at Newman Outdoor Field are: 7,300 (8/30/97 vs. Winnipeg); 6,369 (8/22/98 vs. Sioux Falls); 5,421 (8/28/1999 vs. Schaumburg); 5,274 (8/25/00 vs. Duluth-Superior).
• 2,134,202 people have watched the RedHawks play from 1996-2007 (regular season games)
• Stadium contains RedHawks Gift Shop, large home clubhouse used by the RedHawks and NDSU, and offices for RedHawks staff.
• Left field line features the Budweiser Beer Garden.
• Right field line features the State Bank and Trust Playground for kids and a picnic area.
• Scoreboard features six-foot high display screen with a manual running score.
• Food vendors for 2007 included Pizza Hut, The General's Canteen, Lemon Shake-Ups, Caps Premium Beers, Mollicoolz Ice Cream Minis, Taco Shop, Cotton Eye Joe’s, Lil Orbits Mini Donuts, Hi-Ho Burgers, Edy's Ice Cream, Playmakers, fresh-baked cookie stand and various RedHawks concession stands.
• Newman Outdoor Field was featured in Baseball America's Great Parks 1997 Calendar.
• The 1998 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, behind their record-setting 64-21 record and Northern League championship, were named Baseball America's Independent Team of the Decade for the 1990s.
• 1998, 2003 & 2006 Northern League Champions.