Infinity Insurance Park, formerly known as University Park Stadium and FIU Baseball Stadium, is a

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located on the campus of

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, United States. It is the home venue of the

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team of the Division I

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. The facility opened on January 26, 1996, with a 1–0 FIU victory against Bethune-Cookman and was built on the same site as its predecessor, which had stood since 1965 (albeit with a slightly differently angled field configuration).Facilities
at fiusports.com, URL accessed December 7, 2010
Archived
12-07-2010 All-American Evan W. Thomas threw a complete game shutout. University Park Stadium has a

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of 2,000 people. The largest crowd in the stadium's history was 2,473 on February 26, 2002, when FIU defeated their cross-town rivals the

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7–1.Archives & Research Center
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Archived
12-07-2010 The team spent the 2005 season at the

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while University Park Stadium underwent an expansion. In 2005, the facility hosted the

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Baseball Tournament. In 2018 Infinity Insurance acquired the naming rights for the stadium.

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FIU Sports Stadium Page
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