Sam Suplizio Field is a stadium

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 Grand Junction, Colorado

Grand Junction, Colorado

The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...

, United States. It is named after former Denver Bears right fielder, New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 prospect and MLB Coach Sam Suplizio.. Starting in June 2012, it will be the home of the Rookie-level Grand Junction Rockies

Grand Junction Rockies

The Grand Junction Rockies are a minor league baseball team in the Pioneer League based in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, where they play at Suplizio Field...

 of the Pioneer League.

The stadium is located just northeast of downtown Grand Junction in Lincoln Park. The ballpark is adjacent on its west side to Ralph Stocker Stadium

Ralph Stocker Stadium

Ralph Stocker Stadium is owned by the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Its current tenants are Colorado Mesa University Mavericks football, District-51 high school football, and the semi-pro minor league football team, though it hosts other local events as well including track and field and both...

. Suplizio Field is the primary home for Colorado Mesa University and local high school baseball

Baseball

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, and has been the home of the Junior College World Series since 1958.

With new upgrades it now holds over 12,000 people. The original stadium had only the bleachers behind the first base dugout, but now the bleachers have been extended from behind home plate to the left field foul pole. Extra sections have been added down the right field line and in left center field.

Beginning in June 2011 both Suplizio Field and Ralph Stocker Stadium will undergo an $8.3 million renovation project to replace the aging original concrete bleacher section along the first base line at Suplizio, along with the original bleacher section and press box on the west side of adjoining Ralph Stocker Stadium, with a new section that includes new seating for both venues as well as a new two story press box and handicapped accessible mezzanine level which will be ready for use by May 2012.

Awards

• Colorado Field of the Year in 2009 by Colorado Sports Turf Mangers Association