O'Neal Field at Big Rock Stadium
Encyclopedia
O'Neal Field at Big Rock Stadium is a baseball
venue in Morehead City
, North Carolina
, USA. Also known as simply Big Rock Stadium, the venue is home to the Morehead City Marlins
of the Coastal Plain League
, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Marlins will began play at the field for the 2010 season, after their arrival was announced in the fall of 2009.
-level facility was constructed in the city. He donated $100,000 to the city to purchase land for the project. In 2007, the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament contributed $175,000 for construction of a stadium at the newly built facility. After the arrival of the Marlins was announced, further renovations of the field took place in the winter of 2009. Big Rock's funds were used to construct additional seating at the venue.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
venue in Morehead City
Morehead City, North Carolina
Morehead City is a port city in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,661 at the 2010 census. Morehead City celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding on May 5, 2007...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, USA. Also known as simply Big Rock Stadium, the venue is home to the Morehead City Marlins
Morehead City Marlins
The Morehead City Marlins are a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League . The team is based in Morehead City, North Carolina and plays its home games at O'Neal Field at Big Rock Stadium in Morehead City...
of the Coastal Plain League
Coastal Plain League
The Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997...
, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Marlins will began play at the field for the 2010 season, after their arrival was announced in the fall of 2009.
Construction
The building project was set in motion in 2003 by V.J. O'Neal, for whom the field is named after. O'Neal agreed to support the project if an American LegionAmerican Legion Baseball
American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 50 states in the USA. More than five thousand teams participate each year. The American Legion Department of South Dakota established the program in 1925 at Milbank, South Dakota...
-level facility was constructed in the city. He donated $100,000 to the city to purchase land for the project. In 2007, the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament contributed $175,000 for construction of a stadium at the newly built facility. After the arrival of the Marlins was announced, further renovations of the field took place in the winter of 2009. Big Rock's funds were used to construct additional seating at the venue.