Alfred D. Boyer Stadium is a baseball venue in Macomb, Illinois, United States. It is home to the Western Illinois Leathernecks baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference.
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| Location | Western Avenue and University Drive, Macomb, Illinois, USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′22″N 90°41′13″W / 40.472853°N 90.686839°W |
| Owner | Western Illinois University |
| Operator | Western Illinois Athletics |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Field size | 330 feet (Left field) 372 feet (LCF) 400 feet (Center field) 372 feet (RCF) 330 feet (Right field) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Scoreboard | Daktronics |
| Opened | May 6, 2006 |
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| Western Illinois Leathernecks (NCAA) | |
The stadium opened on May 6, 2006 and has a seating capacity of 500.[1] The stadium is named for Alfred D. Boyer, Western Illinois Class of 1972, whose $150,000 donation allowed the facility to be built.[2] The venue features a press box, chairback seating, a Daktronics scoreboard, and 60-foot-long dugouts.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "Alfred D. Boyer Stadium". Go Leathernecks. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "Alfred D. Boyer Bio". Go Leathernecks. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.