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Salt Lake Sting
The Salt Lake Sting was a professional soccer team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They played in the American Professional Soccer League. The club was originally owned by Jack Donovan, who was also the head of the ownership group for Salt Lake City's minor league baseball team of the era, the Salt Lake Trappers. The Sting lasted parts of two seasons, but financial concerns caused league officials to shut the franchise down in midseason on July 5, 1991. Stadium The Sting played their short career at Derks Field, a minor-league baseball stadium. The field was laid out in the outfield, and a portion of the field was dirt because it was the infield portion of the baseball diamond. Initial season Nearly 10,000 fans attended the first game in April, 1990. The club averaged 5,400 attendees over the 13 games of the first season. This thrilled the ownership as they were hoping to average 2,500. A crowd of 9,439 watched the final game against the San Diego Nomads. The Sting ended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derks Field
Derks Field was a Minor League Baseball, minor league baseball Baseball park, park in the Western United States, western United States, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the home field of the Salt Lake Bees, Angels, and Salt Lake Gulls, Gulls of the Pacific Coast League, Bees, Giants, and Salt Lake City Trappers, Trappers of the Pioneer Baseball League, and the Salt Lake Sting of the American Professional Soccer League. Opened in 1928 as Community Park, the ballpark's final seating capacity was 10,000. In 1940, it was named for ''Salt Lake Tribune'' sports editor John C. Derks (1873–1944). Derks Field had replaced the previous professional ballpark, Bonneville Park (originally called Majestic Park), which was south of 9th Street between State Street and Main Street, on the site of an amusement park called the Salt Palace, which had been destroyed by fire in 1910. It operated from 1915 through 1927. As part of the construction of the new Community Park, the Bonneville sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |