Mercy Health Stadium
Mercy Health Stadium is a baseball park in Avon, Ohio, United States. It is the home of the Lake Erie Crushers, a Frontier League team that began play in 2009. The ballpark has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened on June 2, 2009, with the Crushers defeating the Windy City Thunderbolts, 5-2. The ballpark was known as All Pro Freight Stadium until January 2017; Sprenger Stadium until December 2019; and Crushers Stadium in 2020. The team announced in November 2020 that beginning January 1, 2021, the facility will be known as Mercy Health Stadium after a deal was signed with Mercy Health, a Cincinnati-based healthcare provider that operates facilities around the state of Ohio, including two hospitals in the nearby communities of Lorain and Oberlin.
Exterior view in 2010 | |
| Former names | All Pro Freight Stadium (2009–2017) Sprenger Stadium (2017–2019) Crushers Stadium (2020) |
|---|---|
| Address | 2009 Baseball Boulevard Avon, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41°27′35″N 82°3′41″W |
| Owner | City of Avon, Ohio |
| Operator | Bluedog Baseball LLC |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 1, 2008 |
| Opened | June 2, 2009 |
| Construction cost | $12.1 million |
| Architect | OSports - Osborn Sports and Recreation Architecture |
| Structural engineer | Osborn Engineering |
| General contractor | Infinity Group |
| Tenants | |
| Lake Erie Crushers (FL) 2009–present Cleveland State Vikings (NCAA) 2010–2011 | |