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Dow Diamond 
Location 825 East Main Street
Midland, Michigan 48640Broke ground April 11, 2006 Opened April 13, 2007 Owner Michigan Baseball Foundation Operator Michigan Baseball Foundation, Great Lakes Loons Construction cost US$ 33.5 million
($35.5 million in 2011 dollars[1])Architect Populous (formerly HOK Sport) General Contractor Three Rivers Corporation Capacity 5,500 baseball
9,000 stage eventField dimensions Left Field: 332 ft (101 m)
Left Center: 375 ft (114 m)
Center Field: 400 ft (122 m)
Right Center: 373 ft (114 m)
Right Field: 325 ft (99 m)
Wall: 9 to 13 ft (2.7 to 4.0 m)Tenants Great Lakes Loons (2007-present) Dow Diamond is a Minor League baseball stadium located in Midland, Michigan. It is the home of the Single-A Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League. The Loons are affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The stadium is located near Buttles, Ellsworth and State streets in Midland. The Dow Chemical Company, whose world headquarters are in Midland, donated the land for the stadium and also purchased the naming rights to the facility in 2006. The stadium name is a reference to both Dow's logo (a red diamond) and that "diamond" is a slang term for a baseball field.
The park opened April 13, 2007 and on June 8, 2007 it was announced that Dow Diamond would host the 2008 Midwest League All Star Game.
The seating bowl can accommodate 3,100 persons, with an additional 100 on the Party Deck. The park features 12 luxury suites containing a total of 300 seats, a Green Room for waiting performers and 3 dressing rooms.
Facility
The Dow Diamond indoors is a year-round facility that can be rented for most any event and the facility's catering company can provide anything from hors d'œuvres for two dozen to a formal dinner for two hundred or a reception for two thousand.
Outdoors, the Diamond can provide seating for 3,500 with the stage behind home plate; 5,500 with the stage behind second base or 9,000 with the stage in center field.
For exhibitions or trade shows within the infield/outfield, 50,000 ft² of Event Deck portable flooring and/or 10,000 ft² of DD2 covering for stage areas & road builds is available.
Panorama of Dow Diamond
References
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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Coordinates: 43°36′33.01″N 84°14′12.13″W / 43.6091694°N 84.2367028°W
Current ballparks in the Midwest League Eastern Division Bowling Green Ballpark (Bowling Green Hot Rods) • Classic Park (Lake County Captains) • Cooley Law School Stadium (Lansing Lugnuts) • Coveleski Stadium (South Bend Silver Hawks) • Dow Diamond (Great Lakes Loons) • Fifth Third Ballpark (West Michigan Whitecaps) • Fifth Third Field (Dayton Dragons) • Parkview Field (Fort Wayne TinCaps)Western Division Ashford University Field (Clinton LumberKings) • Community Field (Burlington Bees) • Elfstrom Stadium (Kane County Cougars) • Modern Woodmen Park (Quad Cities River Bandits) • O'Brien Field (Peoria Chiefs) • Pohlman Field (Beloit Snappers) • Time Warner Cable Field (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers) • Veterans Memorial Stadium (Cedar Rapids Kernels)Categories:- Midwest League ballparks
- Minor league baseball venues
- Baseball venues in Michigan
- Midland, Michigan
- Buildings and structures in Midland County, Michigan
- Visitor attractions in Midland County, Michigan
- Event venues established in 2007
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