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DeutschTal Anderson Field
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  Omaha Location in the United States  Omaha Location in Nebraska | |
| Address | 2850 South 67th Street |
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| Location | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 41°14′02″N 96°01′05″W / 41.234°N 96.018°W |
| Owner | University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Capacity | 1,500 |
| Field size | Left Field: 320 ft (98 m) Center Field: 465 ft (142 m) Right Field: 320 ft (98 m) |
| Surface | Artificial turf |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2020 |
| Built | 2020 |
| Opened | March 5, 2021 |
| Construction cost | $22.5 million |
| General contractor | Peter Kiewit Construction |
| Tenants | |
| Omaha Mavericks (NCAA, Summit League) (2021–present) | |
Tal Anderson Field is a college baseball park in the central United States, located in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the home field of the University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks of the Summit League in NCAA Division I. Opened three years ago in 2021 in the Midtown neighborhood, it has a seating capacity of 1,500 for baseball.[1]
The artificial turf playing field is aligned northeast by north, at an approximate elevation of 1,030 feet (315 m) above sea level. UNO's softball venue, Connie Claussen Field, is adjacent to the south, and Baxter Arena is nearby to the east, on the other side of Little Papillion Creek.
Naming
[edit]Tal Anderson, for whom the venue is named, caught for the Mavericks program in the 1950s.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tom Shatel (March 5, 2021). "Shatel: Welcome home, Mavs. Your $23.5 million baseball-softball complex is a beauty". www.omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Tony Boone (June 2, 2019). "UNO will soon begin construction on new baseball, softball stadiums near Baxter Arena". www.omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 30, 2021.