Bio of curtis granderson stadium
Bio of curtis granderson stadium
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Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium
Baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium is a baseball venue in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
It is home to the UIC Flames baseball team of the NCAADivision IMissouri Valley Conference. The facility has a capacity of 1,000 spectators and is named for Les Miller, UIC head baseball coach from 1949 to 1979, and Curtis Granderson, an alumnus of the program.
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During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in Major League Baseball.[1][2] On 17 September 2013, UIC broke ground on a new stadium on the same site, funded in part by donations from Granderson.
It consists of a new structure housing a press box, dugouts, and grandstand, and was completed for the 2014 season.[3][4]
History
In spring 1996, the construction of Les Miller Field was completed