Riverfront Stadium is a

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Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 67,314, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. The city is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls ...

, located at 850 Park Road, Waterloo, Iowa 50703. It is primarily used for

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

, serving as the home field of the Waterloo Bucks baseball team of the summer collegiate

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. Riverfront Stadium has a capacity of 5,000.

History

Riverfront Stadium was built as Municipal Stadium in 1946. The stadium served as minor league baseball home to

Waterloo Hawks The Waterloo Hawks were a National Basketball League and National Basketball Association team based in Waterloo, Iowa. The Hawks remain the only sports franchise ever based in Iowa from any of the current Big Four Leagues. Franchise history ...

teams in the

Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League The Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League was a Minor League Baseball organization that operated for the better part of 60 seasons, with teams based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The league began pla ...

(1946–1956) and the

Midwest League The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganizat ...

(1958–1993). The stadium was the site of the 1978 Midwest League All-Star Game on June 6, 1978. The current Waterloo Bucks first began play at the stadium in 1995. The Midwest League team, last known as the

Waterloo Diamonds Located in Waterloo, Iowa, the Waterloo Diamonds was a baseball team that formed in 1989 and lasted until 1993. A member of the Midwest League, they were affiliated with two teams in 1989-the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres and the franchise ...

, left Waterloo to become the

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before the 1994 season after the city of Waterloo failed to improve the stadium to meet

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's newly imposed standards for minor league ballparks. The Diamonds evolved into today's

Lansing Lugnuts The Lansing Lugnuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Lansing, Michigan, and play their home games at Jackson Field (Lansing), Jackson Field. The Midwe ...

of the

. The

University of Northern Iowa The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa. UNI offers more than 90 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences and grad ...

played home baseball games at Riverfront Stadium until U.N.I. dropped baseball following the 2009 season. The last game played by UNI at the stadium was on May 16, 2009, a 3–2 win against

Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The ...

References

External links

Riverfront Stadium's website

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