Lloyd Hopkins Field is a baseball stadium in
Alton, Illinois. Owned and operated by the city of Alton,
it is the home field for the
Alton River Dragons
The Alton River Dragons are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Alton, Illinois. They were founded in 2020 and began play in 2021 as members of the Prospect League.
History
On January 29, 2020, the Prospect League of collegiate summer ba ...
, a
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
team in the
Prospect League
The Prospect League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. So as to maintain their colleg ...
,
and for
American Legion Baseball.
Hopkins Field hosted American Legion teams from 1981 to 2015, and they returned in 2020.
Hopkins Field was also the home of the Bluff City Bombers in the
Central Illinois Collegiate League from 1998 to 2004.
In January 2020 the city of Alton signed a 10-year lease with the River Dragons. The deal called for upgrades to Hopkins Field, including the addition of a locker room, batting cages, a new scoreboard and video board, concession amenities, and seating for 1,800 people.
Hopkins Field had been renovated in 2015 with updated dugouts and new batting cages, lights, siding, netting, fencing, and turf.
References
External links
Prospect LeagueAlton River Dragons
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Baseball venues in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Madison County, Illinois