Counter Clocks Field is a

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. It is primarily used for

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Lexington Counter Clocks The Lexington Counter Clocks are an American professional baseball team based in Lexington, Kentucky. They are a member of the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Counte ...

(formerly the Legends) of the

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, an official Partner League of

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. It was built in 2001. It holds 6,994 people.

Features

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Party Deck" over the right field wall. This area is available to rent by groups. Along the first base line is the " Budweiser Stables," where fans can order beer and watch a game from an area of picnic tables. Behind home plate and accessible from the stadium's main entrance, the "Kentucky Ale Taproom" restaurant caters to members and guests with passes. The third base line features a small but popular area for families to watch the games. This area includes a kids area with a playground, bouncer and obstacle course. The bleachers, behind left field, holds more fans. There are two videoboards and one manual out-of-town scoreboard. The ballpark contains 785 club seats and 24 luxury suites. The stadium's largest crowd to date came on June 6, 2006, when a standing-room-only crowd of over 9,300 was on hand to witness what the team dubbed "Rocket Relaunch" —

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's first stop on his return to the

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Naming

From 2001 until 2010, the stadium was named

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Park. In January 2011, it was announced that the naming rights to the stadium had been bought by

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, and the stadium was renamed Whitaker Bank Ballpark. The deal ended in 2021. In February 2022, the Legends announced that the stadium would be renamed Wild Health Field following a new naming rights agreement with Wild Health, a Lexington-based health clinic specializing in genomics-based precision medicine and wellness, and that the stadium would host a second Atlantic League team, the

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. The Genomes only played one season. In March 2023, the Lexington Legends were renamed the Lexington Counter Clocks. Since then, the stadium has been known as Counter Clocks Field.

Ballpark firsts

*Game: April 9, 2001 (7:16 PM EST) *Attendance: 8,037

Gallery

File:155493503 cf0435fc6d o.jpg, View behind home plate File:Whitaker Bank Ballpark Field.jpg, A night game

References

External links

Lexington Counter Clocks official website
{{Fayette County/Lexington, Kentucky Minor league baseball venues Sports venues in Lexington, Kentucky Sports venues completed in 2001 2001 establishments in Kentucky Baseball venues in Kentucky