Impact Field is a baseball park in

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, US, which is part of the

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. It is the home of the

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, an

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team playing in the

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. It opened in 2018, and seats 6,300 people. The ballpark features a double-sided digital scoreboard, which is visible to more than 70 million cars that travel on Interstate 294 each year. In 2013, Bradley Stephens, the mayor of Rosemont, proposed the area of Impact Field as a possible site for a new Chicago Cubs stadium. It is located near O'Hare International Airport, as well as

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, the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, and the

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. In September 2017, Impact Networking, a provider of business technology services, purchased the naming rights to the ballpark over 12 years for an undisclosed sum. The Chicago Dogs played their first game at Impact Field on May 25, 2018. They lost to the visiting

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, 8–4, in front of a sell-out crowd of 6,317 people.

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