Diamond Sports Stadium (also known as Bennett Field at Adelaide Shores) is a 5,000 capacity

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stadium located in

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. The stadium is the venue of the

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who play in the

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. The stadium is located at Barratt Reserve on West Beach Road adjacent to the

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History

Prior to becoming the home of the Adelaide Bite for the 2016–17 Australian Baseball League season following their move from baseball's long time home of Norwood Oval due to renovations to the oval,Adelaide Bite find a new home
/ref> the Diamond Sports Complex was and is the home to the Softball SA and is also the home to Baseball SA. The venue received a

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4 million grant from the

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in 2016 which enabled Diamond Sports SA to upgrade the main baseball venue to Australian Baseball League standards.

Facilities

The complex includes the 5,000 seat main baseball stadium, 2 fully skinned

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diamonds with playing surface levels of Australian National Softball standard, and a 900 sqm indoor training facility as well as a multipurpose baseball/softball diamond.

Dimensions

Left Field -
Center Field -
Right Field -

References

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