Billiken Sports Center
The Billiken Sports Center is a baseball venue in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It is home to the Saint Louis Billikens baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The facility also includes the softball venue used since 2000 by the Billiken softball program. From 1990–1994, the facility was also home to Saint Louis' soccer programs. The baseball facility, built in 1991 and first used in 1992, has a capacity of 500 spectators.
| Location | Laclede Avenue east of Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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| Coordinates | 38.634481°N 90.229232°W |
| Owner | Saint Louis University |
| Operator | Saint Louis University |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Field size | Left Field: 330 feet (100 m) Left Center Field: 370 feet (110 m) Center Field: 403 feet (123 m) Right Center Field: 370 feet (110 m) Right Field: 330 feet (100 m)330 feet (LF) 370 feet (LCF) 403 feet (CF) 370 feet (RCF) 300 feet (RF) |
| Surface | Natural grass (1999–present) Artificial turf (1990–1999) |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1990 |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Renovated | 1994, 1995, 1999 |
| Construction cost | USD$1.5 million (estimated) |
| Architect | Hastings and Chivetta |
| Main contractors | Sverdrup Corporation |
| Tenants | |
| Saint Louis Billikens baseball (NCAA D1 A-10) (1992–present) Saint Louis Billikens softball (NCAA D1 A-10) (2000–present) Saint Louis Billikens soccer (NCAA D1 A-10) (1990–1994) | |
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