The University of Cincinnati will play its first game in its new state-of-the-art on-campus baseball stadium next week when the Bearcats take on Conference USA foe UAB on Thursday, May 20. First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. and admission is free. Parking on the UC campus will be $3.

UC will conclude the regular season-ending three-game series with single games in the UC Baseball Stadium on Friday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m.

An official dedication for the stadium will be scheduled early in the 2005 season and will be announced at a later date.

"The UC Baseball Stadium reflects the excellence of the entire Richard Lindner Varsity Village project," said UC Director of Athletics Bob Goin. "The baseball facility, as well as the entire Varsity Village project, gives us the ability to serve our student-athletes and the community."

The UC Baseball Stadium, with a seating capacity of 3,085, is already being touted as one of the best on-campus baseball facilities in the nation. The stadium is one of only two new collegiate baseball venues (Washington State) in Division I to have FieldTurf . The stadium is the first finished piece of the massive Richard Lindner Varsity Village project on the UC campus, which is slated to be completed during the 2005-06 academic year.

UC Baseball Stadium Features
• Seating capacity of 3,085
• Indoor batting cages and pitcher’s mounds
• A fully equipped pressbox with private
viewing areas
• A player’s clubhouse and lounge
• Dressing rooms for coaches
• Full laundry and equipment facilities
• State-of-the-art training room
• FieldTurf playing surface
• A fully lighted playing field
• Dimensions of 325 down the lines, 365
to the power alleys and 400 to centerfield
• Wall is 28 feet tall in centerfield and 14
feet high around the rest of the wall