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Volcanoes Stadium
Volcanoes Stadium is a Minor League Baseball, minor league baseball park in the Pacific Northwest, northwest United States, located in Keizer, Oregon. It is the home field of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, formerly the Minor League Baseball#Class A, Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in the short-season Northwest League. It now plays host to the Corban University (https://www.corban.edu/) baseball team full time. The Warriors participate at the NAIA level and are members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference. It also is the home to all four teams in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League. Nicknamed "Oregon's Field of Dreams", it opened in 1997 and has a capacity of 4,254 people. The ballpark is adjacent to Interstate 5 in Oregon, Interstate 5, just beyond the right field fence, and sits at an approximate elevation of above sea level. The Volcanoes have won five Northwest League List of Northwest League champions, championships, in 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, and 2009. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keizer, Oregon
Keizer () is a city located in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 36,478. It lies in the Willamette Valley, and is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area The Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of two counties in western Oregon, Marion and Polk. The principal city is Salem, the state capital, which h .... It was named after pioneer Thomas Dove (T. D.) Keizur and his family, who arrived in the Wagon Train of 1843, and later filed Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, donation land claims. History The original settlement was at Keizer Bottom, near the banks of the Willamette River. The community was named after Thomas Dove Keizur, one of its first settlers. Somewhere in the translation of donation land claim records, his name was misspelled. The settlement suffered in the Great Flood of 1862, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
