Standard Bank Stadium

Coordinates: 41°38′13″N 87°43′54″W / 41.637056°N 87.731688°W / 41.637056; -87.731688

Standard Bank Stadium

Former names	Hawkinson Ford Field (1999-2006) Hawk Ford Field (2007)
Location	14011 Kenton Avenue, Crestwood, IL 60445
Owner	Village of Crestwood
Capacity	3,200
Field size	Left Field Foul Line: 330 feet Left Field Gap: 375 feet Center Field: 390 feet Right Field Gap: 375 feet Right Field Foul Line: 330 feet
Surface	Synthetic Turf
Construction
Broke ground	1997
Opened	1999
Architect	Devine deFlon Yaeger
Tenants
Windy City ThunderBolts (FL) (1999-present)

Standard Bank Stadium is a baseball field located in Crestwood, Illinois. The stadium was built in 1999 and holds 3,200 people. It is the home field of the 2007 and 2008 Frontier League champions, the Windy City ThunderBolts.^[1]

Name

The park features one of the few minor league baseball stadium upper decks in the country. The park was built for the Cook County Cheetahs. However, new ownership changed the name of the team into the current Windy City ThunderBolts.

Renovations

The name change brought renovations to the ballpark between 2004 and 2006 including a new fan deck on the first base side, a beer garden, a new kids zone down the left field line, and a new ticket office also down the left field line. The ballpark was originally called Hawkinson Ford Field until the 2007 season when the park's name was modified to Hawk Ford Field. The most recent name change, which will remain for the foreseeable future, occurred during the 2007 season on August 13, when the naming rights were sold to Standard Bank. A new scoreboard/videoboard system was added toward the end of the 2014 season and in 2015 the old grass playing surface was removed and a new synthetic turf field with new drainage system was installed.^[2] The renovations make the facility a multi-sport & concert arena available 10 months a year.

References

External links

• Standard Bank Stadium
• Windy City Thunderbolts