Sioux Falls Stadium
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Sioux Falls Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
. It originally opened in 1941 and was renovated in 2000. It holds 4,500 people.
It is primarily used for baseball
, and is the home field of the unaffiliated Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants baseball team of the American Association
. It was also the home field of the Sioux Fall Canaries. It was their home stadium when they won the American Association championship in 2008. Promoting the home team, the stadium is often affectionately proclaimed "The Birdcage".
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...
. It originally opened in 1941 and was renovated in 2000. It holds 4,500 people.
It is primarily used for baseball
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...
, and is the home field of the unaffiliated Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants baseball team of the American Association
American Association
American Association may refer to one of the following professional baseball leagues:* American Association , active from 1882 to 1891* American Association , active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997...
. It was also the home field of the Sioux Fall Canaries. It was their home stadium when they won the American Association championship in 2008. Promoting the home team, the stadium is often affectionately proclaimed "The Birdcage".